Joshua Nozzi
Josh is a software engineer, solutions architect, technical author, and nerd in Virginia, USA.
About Josh
Appmaker, solutions architect, tech author, data wrangler, amateur radio operator, cat lover. Software engineer and general troublemaker. Gay-married (not to a cat). Northern-aggressing into the South. Sometimes doubts your commitment to Sparkle Motion. The power of Swift compiles you!
Software Engineering
I’ve got more than 20 years of experience writing award-winning apps for macOS and nearly 30 noodling around with websites and backends. My primary languages are Objective-C, Swift, and Python.Contact me if you’d like my full résumé. My LinkedIn profile is kept reasonably up to date, though it isn’t as thorough as my résumé.I’m currently available for contract work through my consulting company Felinity Apps (Felinity LLC). I'm also a Certified Scrum Master and an AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate and continue to work toward Professional level certifications.My past positions have included:
Self-employed sole proprietor (indie dev) selling award-winning shareware apps (Bartas Technologies)
Senior Software Engineer at Sketch
Senior Bioinformatics Software Engineer for the National Institutes of Health (in the Vaccine Research Center)
Network Engineer / IT Manager
Software Engineer and Web Developer for a credit union, working on turn-of-the-century interactive kiosk systems
Adult education technology instructor
Technical author (I wrote Mastering Xcode 4 and co-authored the second edition)
See my Portfolio for details about my work.
Hobbies & Philanthropy
Instance admin and curator of Appdot.net Mastodon instance /
President and organizer of Snowflake Socialist Media Corp, a nonprofit organization formed to protect Appdot.net.
Extra-class licensed radio amateur W4JLN
Avid messer-around of Arduino and Raspberry Pi electronics projects
Former treasurer of local PFLAG chapter (now closed)
Portfolio of Josh's Work
Contract Apps
Desktop and web applications I've built and maintained as a contractor.
SPICE [Bioinformatics]
Pestle [Bioinformatics]
PaVE [Bioinformatics]
FERMS [Lab Management]
Self-Published Apps
Desktop applications I've built as an independent software developer.
CopyWrite [Desktop Publishing]
Transcriva [Transcription]
XTabulator [Data Management]
Temporis [Timeline Publishing]
Ziplight [Spotlight Plugin]
Certifications
Publications
Kelly, M., Nozzi, J. Mastering Xcode: Develop and Design, 2nd Ed. (2013), Berkley, CA: Peachpit Press. Print. [ view on Amazon ]
Nozzi, J. Mastering Xcode 4: Develop and Design. (2011), Berkley, CA: Peachpit Press. Print. [ view on Amazon ]
Roederer, M., Nozzi, J., Nason, M.: SPICE: Exploration and Analysis of Post- cytometric Complex Multivariate Datasets. (2011), Cytometry Part A 79A.2: 167-74. Print.
Speaking Engagements
Jul 20, 2021: RF Interference at Home; Rockingham County Amateur Radio Club (Reidsville, NC)
Jan 15, 2020: Working Together; Sketch User Group (Charlotte, NC)
Jun 29, 2017: The Hackintosh; CocoaHeads Group (Raleigh, NC)
Dec 01, 2012: Xcode 4; CocoaConf (Raleigh, NC)
Nov 28, 2011: Xcode 4, Part 2/2; iDeveloper Live Podcast, Episode 35
Nov 21, 2011: Xcode 4, Part 1/2; iDeveloper Live Podcast, Episode 34
Nov 02, 2011: Xcode 4; CocoaHeads Group (Washington, DC)
Oct 15, 2008: NIAID Bioinformatics Festival Poster Session (Bethesda, MD)
Contact Josh
Attention
Do not use this form to request support for software applications with which I'm associated currently or have been associated in the past, nor to ask me for personal help with a programming problem. I will ignore such messages.If you require technical support with an app, use the appropriate channels of the app and / or its associated website. If you require free assistance with programming questions, ask on StackOverflow or some other appropriate place. If you’re looking to hire me as a paid consultant feel free to reach out.