Who is Rob Weir?

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I am Rob Weir, a 40 year-old hominid known to inhabit Westford, Massachusetts. I was born in Athens, Greece, of American parents, and grew up (mainly) in Saugerties, New York. I’ve also lived in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts. I am a 1991 graduate of Harvard College, with a degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics.

I joined IBM in 1995, coming aboard as part of the acquisition of Lotus Development Corporation, where I had worked since 1991. My current title is ODF Architect, and I work primarily on ODF and related various document and end-user productivity related strategy and standards topics.

I am also a member of the American Philatelic Society, the United States Chess Federation, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the American Daffodil Society, the American Homebrewers Association, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the ACM, the OASIS ODF TC (Co-Chair), the OASIS ODF Adoption TC, the OASIS ODF Interoperability and Conformance TC, INCITS V1, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34 and a trained SkyWarn weather spotter. I play trombone, bagpipes, didgeridoo and ukulele rather poorly, and recorder rather well. Whether or nor I sing at all is a matter of some dispute.

This is my personal blog. The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent the positions, strategies or opinions of my employer or the organizations I’m associated with.

I welcome comments, either on the blog, or directly to me at rob@robweir.com

You can also contact me via various instant messaging protocols:

  • Skype: robcweir
  • AIM: RobCWeir
  • Yahoo: rcweir
  • GTalk/Jabber: rabastus@gmail.com

And via the following social networking sites:

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