About
I am a doctoral candidate in geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara studying geographic information science and spatially-embedded networks. Before coming to UCSB, Chris Groves and I founded the Western Kentucky University Hoffman Environmental Research Institute, and I served as its Assistant Director until 2003. Along the way, I also held positions as a Research Hydrologist, Park Ranger, Cartographer, and Toys-R-Us Playground Assembler. My Bachelor of Science is from Texas A & M University, and I received a Master of Science in Geoscience from Western Kentucky University. I've had the pleasure of mapping quite a few great caves and geysers. My wife Rhonda is an Esri product engineer and a pilot. The Kentucky Governor made us both Kentucky Colonels. I thought that was pretty nice. We live near Santa Barbara, California, and Boulder, Colorado.
News
Road Trip!
May 16, 2011 -- I just got back from Google I/O and a swell meetup at SimpleGeoSF, and now preparing for a National Research Council panel on post-disaster community resiliency. After that, I'll be visiting the University of Redlands for discussions on migration and flow mapping. Shaping up to be a great month.
photo: Mike Malone talks Geo/Cassandra at SimpleGeo
Arogi
April 12, 2011 -- Every computationally-enabled graduate student should have a private-industry working group on the side. Mine is called Arogi, a name inspired by augmented reality, geographic information, and the Greek word for "assistance".
Geyser Notebook
December 1, 2010 -- I designed an Android app to replace my Yellowstone field notebook. Others apparently are using it too; there's been about 200 downloads so far. Check it out, and here's a short video on the basics.