Hi! My name is Philip Durbin and I'm an open source software developer. My website is [greptilian.com][].

I've had the privilege of being paid to work full time on open source as a [software developer][IQSS profile] since 2012 on a project called [Dataverse][] at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science ([IQSS][]) at Harvard.

You can read more of my work history on [LinkedIn][], which highlights my experience with software development, Linux, and networking. I'm on GitHub as [pdurbin][GitHub] and Twitter as [@philipdurbin][Twitter].

I jumped at the chance to work on Dataverse because I've been a fan of open source since I discovered it in the late 90s. I first read an open source license after using [VNC][VNC] to solve a problem at work and thought, "This open source stuff is like science, like standing on the shoulders of giants." I love building things, especially an open source product that is growing in adoption around the world.

Writing code is fun, but I also very much enjoy participating in the open source community around Dataverse and other projects. I'm quite active on the [dataverse-community][dataverse-community] mailing list, the [#dataverse][#dataverse] channel on the freenode IRC network, and [bi-weekly calls][calls]. We've started having an annual Dataverse conference which we call a "[community meeting][community meeting]" and it's been thrilling to meet people from around the world who are excited enough about our product to fly in and listen to talks or give one themselves. A group in Norway created a [video][TROLLing] explaining why you'd want to run software like Dataverse. Folks in the Netherlands [baked][cake1] [cakes][cake2] with the Dataverse logo on it. Based on these experiences and more, I gave a talk at JavaOne 2017 on [[how to run an open source project|talks/2017/javaone-how-to-run-an-open-source-project]].

I spend most of my free time with my [family][]. We like playing with our cats, reading, hiking, orienteering, going to the beach, skiing, cooking, traveling, and playing games. My wife and I bike to work. I play a little guitar. Please feel free to get in touch.

[greptilian.com]: http://greptilian.com
[Dataverse]: https://dataverse.org
[IQSS]: https://www.iq.harvard.edu
[IQSS profile]: https://www.iq.harvard.edu/people/philip-durbin
[LinkedIn]: http://linkedin.com/in/pdurbin
[GitHub]: https://github.com/pdurbin
[Twitter]: https://twitter.com/philipdurbin
[VNC]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Network_Computing
[dataverse-community]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/dataverse-community
[#dataverse]: http://irclog.iq.harvard.edu/dataverse/today
[calls]: http://dataverse.org/community-calls
[community meeting]: http://dataverse.org/events
[TROLLing]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEf0c0NT9_A
[cake1]: https://twitter.com/johannesnicolai/status/831792997993967616
[cake2]: https://twitter.com/DANSKNAW/status/831824618348539904
[family]: http://thedurbins.com