michael@michaelhartl.com
626.390.5901
575 S Rengstorff Ave #8
Mountain View, CA 94040
I am a programmer and entrepreneur. I am currently working on a new startup and am not available for consulting or contract work.
2008–present
Mountain View, CA
Founder & CEO
Open-source social networking platform in Ruby on Rails. The Insoshi source code is available on GitHub, and is currently the second most popular forked repository (after Ruby on Rails itself). Insoshi is a Y Combinator company.
2006–2007
Los Angeles, CA
Principal
Technical consulting and web development
2003–2006
Pasadena, CA
Cofounder
Weekly fantasy sports games and the leading independent NCAA Tournament site
2003–2006
Pasadena, CA
Editor
The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The Definitive and Extended Edition
1997–2005
Pasadena, CA
Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant in Physics
Research in theoretical astrophysics
1997–2003
Pasadena, CA
Physics Instructor
Courses in mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, and scientific computing
1993–present
1998–present
Pasadena, CA
2003–2005
Los Angeles, CA
Cofounder
Entrepreneur club with companies in technology and entertainment
1992–1995
Cambridge, MA
Editor-in-Chief (1994–1995) and Associate Editor (1992–1994)
1997–2003
Pasadena, CA
Ph.D. in Physics (2003); M.S. in Physics (1999)
Thesis: Dynamics of spinning compact binaries in general relativity
1992–1996
Cambridge, MA
A.B. magna cum laude in Physics (1996)