Russell Porter

Mobile Developer and UBC Engineering Student

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- Russell Porter
  
  Intern at shopkick
  
  Computer Software | Vancouver, Canada Area, CA
  
  Experience
  - Jan 2013 - Apr 2013
    Mobile Engineering Intern / shopkick
    
    Developing new features for Shopkick's iOS and Android apps.
    
    - Friends, Activity features for shopkick 3.5 (iOS)
    - App performance analysis and enhancements (eliminated about 7 seconds of time from app launch in the worst case, 1s in the best case) (iOS)
    - Report Walk-in Problem (iOS/Android)
    - Helped complete the shopkick for iPad (3.4) scaling project
  - May 2012 - Aug 2012
    Software Engineer Intern / Facebook
    
    Worked on the initial release of Facebook for iOS 5.0, a complete rewrite of Facebook’s iOS app, focusing on speed and stability
  - May 2011 - Dec 2011
    Co-op Software Developer / Pulse Energy
    
    Working on server-side software development at Pulse Energy with Java, Redis, Spring, Puppet, Python. Developed new Automated Demand Response software which allows non-residential buildings to instantly respond to energy price fluctuations by changing energy usage in the building.
  Education
  - 2009 - 2014
    
    The University of British Columbia
    
    Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering
    Activities: Co-op, Varsity Outdoors Club, Greater Vancouver Orienteering Club
  Additional Information
  - Websites:
    
    Personal Website
  - Honors:
    
    UBC Dean's Honour List 2009-2012
  - Interests:
    
    backcountry skiing, maps, software, cross country skiing, outdoors, snow, fpga, microcontrollers, hiking, biking, startups, location
Tweets

Tweets

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- At @CUTC_Team #van #infect13
  
  May 04, 13 from Twitter for iPhone Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I tracked my skiing with #Snowciety! Morning at Whistler http://t.co/LeM0CVtynu
  
  Apr 27, 13 from Snowciety Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Interesting story about microsoft's in house energy management software http://t.co/safyRu4v1Y
  
  Apr 18, 13 from Safari on iOS Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @caltrain 193 NB 7 minutes late at RWC
  
  Apr 09, 13 from Twitter for iPhone Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @caltrain NB 191 running about 4-5 mins late, just leaving RWC now
  
  Apr 02, 13 from Twitter for iPhone Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @Square, I've got a US Square account right now, but to use Square in Canada, I have to create a new Square account with a different email!?
  
  Oct 26, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I just scored 12,675 in Epic Energy III, created by @PulseEnergy team during @CleanwebYVR http://t.co/79wXbIM3 #epicenergy #html5 #cleanweb
  
  Oct 01, 12 from Tweet Button Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @JoshConstine: The real win of FB for iOS v5 is the crisp & responsive navigation. You feel physically in touch with the interfac ...
  
  Aug 23, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @MayorGregor: Happy news - #Vancouver outdoor pools, farmers market, Grouse Grind open this weekend. http://t.co/qfETrFI7
  
  May 19, 12 from Twitter for iPad Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @MayorGregor: Closure of Kits Coast Guard base puts lives at risk. Let the Federal Govt know how you feel! http://t.co/bgO53Bmo
  
  May 19, 12 from Twitter for iPad Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- 4 big ideas about urban planning: http://t.co/FpxwqmPB
  
  Apr 26, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Crowd sourced Postal Code database sued by Canada Post http://t.co/zlzLM9RB
  
  Apr 12, 12 from Twitter for iPad Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Just saw 2 military planes landing at #YVR. What's up?
  
  Apr 08, 12 from Twitter for iPad Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @skimapsapp love that icon ;) reminds me of the glacier at tignes even though it isn't
  
  Apr 01, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Twitter Bootstrap is really awesome! I got a simple responsive design going on our previously Blueprint CSS site working in 20 mins!
  
  Apr 01, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Wooooo hooooo! Thank you #Squamish #RCMP for recovering my stolen bike!! That is awesome.
  
  Mar 29, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @cstar: @old_sound #quizztime: Korean food or Redis command ? 1/ bibimbap 2/ brpoplpush
  
  Mar 28, 12 from Twitter for iPad Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Account got hacked somehow.. I think it is back under control.
  
  Mar 28, 12 from Mobile Web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @ginatrapani that article isn't accurate, apple hasn't even attributed OSM. I think OSM is an interim data source until "iMaps" launches
  
  Mar 27, 12 from Twitter for iPad in reply to ginatrapani Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Not good news: http://t.co/0Gxs78UQ
  
  Mar 21, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
Repositories

Repositories

Watched Repositories

Profile
- Omega-Issue-Tracker
  
  Real-time issue tracker optimized for small teams
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Mar 27, 13
- JCPriorityQueue
  
  A set of priority queue classes for Objective C
  
  / Pushed Nov 05, 12
- OpenSkiMap-iOS
  
  Super simple iOS client for OpenSkiMap
  
  / Pushed Oct 31, 12
- redactor-js
  
  jQuery based WYSIWYG-editor, authors website: http://redactorjs.com/
  
  / Pushed Oct 09, 12
- Bike-Map-Info
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jul 22, 12
- Slippy-Map
  
  None
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jun 01, 12
- QuickDialog
  
  QuickDialog - Quick and easy dialog screens for iOS
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Apr 27, 12
- ketchup-plugin
  
  Tasty jQuery Form Validation
  
  1 fork / 1 watcher / Pushed Feb 06, 12
- IOF-Data-Standard
  
  Mirror of the Google Code SVN repository. International Orienteering Federation XML Data Standard
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jan 13, 12
- Depart-App
  
  Live Transit Map based on GTFS data
  
  6 watchers / Pushed Jan 10, 12
- Course-Monitor
  
  None
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Dec 30, 11
- delorean
  
  Delorean lets you travel in time with Ruby by mocking Time.now
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Dec 14, 11
- fakefs
  
  A fake filesystem. Use it in your tests.
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Dec 14, 11
- underscore
  
  JavaScript's utility _ belt
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Nov 14, 11
- Ruston-Minecart-Map
  
  None
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Sep 27, 11
- cakephp
  
  CakePHP: The Rapid Development Framework for PHP - Official Repository
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Sep 17, 11
- TimePlusHelper
  
  CakePHP helper that allows automatic computation of timezones. This makes it much easier to use a UTC timezone database.
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Sep 10, 11
- Hiking-Map
  
  A TileMill/Carto project for OpenStreetMap PostGIS databases
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Aug 15, 11
- Depart-App-Importer
  
  Python scripts to import a GTFS dataset into a basic MySQL database.
  
  3 watchers / Pushed Jul 03, 11
- Tile-Cacher
  
  Simple PHP, ModRewrite based OpenStreetMap format tile cacher
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jul 01, 11
- DCC-Controller
  
  Arduino firmware and wxPython code for DCC control of trains
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jun 19, 11
- WiFly-Shield
  
  WiFly Shield
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Mar 31, 11
- LeafletHelper
  
  Helper for using Leaflet Map Library with CakePHP
  
  1 watcher
- Mantle
  
  Model framework for Cocoa and Cocoa Touch
  
  55 forks / 1088 watchers / Pushed Mar 29, 13
- Clubsite
  
  2 forks / 4 watchers / Pushed Mar 28, 13
- omega
  
  Real-time issue tracker optimized for small teams
  
  8 forks / 41 watchers / Pushed Mar 28, 13
- WWDCAlertApp
  
  A simple iOS app to monitor and notify updates on WWDC webpage
  
  8 forks / 101 watchers / Pushed Mar 28, 13
- Omega-Issue-Tracker
  
  Real-time issue tracker optimized for small teams
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Mar 27, 13
- QuickDialog
  
  QuickDialog - Quick and easy dialog screens for iOS
  
  360 forks / 2067 watchers / Pushed Mar 27, 13
- TransformerKit
  
  A block-based API for NSValueTransformer, with a growing collection of useful examples.
  
  7 forks / 180 watchers / Pushed Mar 14, 13
- flawless
  
  A simple Python framework to catch exceptions, figure out which developer wrote the buggy code, and send them a stacktrace
  
  1 fork / 90 watchers / Pushed Mar 13, 13
- ORSSerialPort
  
  Easy to use Objective-C serial port library for Mac OS X
  
  3 forks / 35 watchers / Pushed Mar 10, 13
- OrienteerApp
  
  IOF XML APIs and club landing page
  
  1 fork / 3 watchers / Pushed Feb 28, 13
- livemap
  
  Real-time visualization of public transportation based on parsed GTFS data sets.
  
  16 forks / 30 watchers / Pushed Feb 24, 13
- bootstrap-wysihtml5
  
  408 forks / 2530 watchers / Pushed Feb 18, 13
- Font-Awesome
  
  The iconic font designed for use with Twitter Bootstrap
  
  1320 forks / 12551 watchers / Pushed Jan 17, 13
- Bike-Map-Info
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jul 22, 12
- Slippy-Map
  
  None
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jun 01, 12
- QuickDialog
  
  QuickDialog - Quick and easy dialog screens for iOS
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Apr 27, 12
- Result-List-Viewer
  
  Javascript software for displaying an IOF XML 3.0 ResultList in a page.
  
  2 watchers / Pushed Mar 19, 12
- ketchup-plugin
  
  Tasty jQuery Form Validation
  
  1 fork / 1 watcher / Pushed Feb 06, 12
- IOF-Data-Standard
  
  Mirror of the Google Code SVN repository. International Orienteering Federation XML Data Standard
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jan 13, 12
- Course-Monitor
  
  None
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Dec 30, 11
- delorean
  
  Delorean lets you travel in time with Ruby by mocking Time.now
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Dec 14, 11
- fakefs
  
  A fake filesystem. Use it in your tests.
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Dec 14, 11
- underscore
  
  JavaScript's utility _ belt
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Nov 14, 11
- Ruston-Minecart-Map
  
  None
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Sep 27, 11
- cakephp
  
  CakePHP: The Rapid Development Framework for PHP - Official Repository
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Sep 17, 11
- TimePlusHelper
  
  CakePHP helper that allows automatic computation of timezones. This makes it much easier to use a UTC timezone database.
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Sep 10, 11
- Hiking-Map
  
  A TileMill/Carto project for OpenStreetMap PostGIS databases
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Aug 15, 11
- Tile-Cacher
  
  Simple PHP, ModRewrite based OpenStreetMap format tile cacher
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jul 01, 11
- DCC-Controller
  
  Arduino firmware and wxPython code for DCC control of trains
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jun 19, 11
- LeafletHelper
  
  Helper for using Leaflet Map Library with CakePHP
  
  1 watcher
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