It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.
-Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) English philosopher and mathematician.

People occasionally ask me if software development is an art or a science, which I've always thought was kind of a strange question. Are those two things mutually exclusive? I don't think so, in fact I think they are two sides of the same coin. There is math and physics in music, just as there is creativity and expression in quantum physics. One of the things I love most about programming is the balance of creativity and critical thinking it allows. There is something very satisfying about developing a creative and efficient user interface that will be used by thousands, but I also love the feeling of writing a piece of code that solves a complex problem in a clean and elegant manner, even if I'm the only one that will ever see it.

I believe that my strongest talent is simplification, I've always had a unique ability to look at a problem and break it down to it's most basic elements. This allows me to quickly determine the simplist and most efficient solution to the problem, without being prejudiced by my own assumptions, preferences or investments. It also allows me to adapt very quickly to changes in requirements, deadlines, technologies, or resources.

I hope you enjoy exploring my site, and pass it on to anyone that might need development help in the future. I'm always looking for new clients with projects of any type or scope. I also have a good network of talented developers, DBAs, graphic designers and content developers whom I could recommend or potentially build a development team with to bid on a larger project.

My name is Brady Henderson, and I'm a freelance software developer living in Portland, Oregon. I've loved writing code ever since my dad brought home a Mac Classic when I was fourteen. It had a 9 inch monochrome screen, a whopping 2 MB of memory, and a 40 MB hard drive. More importantly, it had Hypercard, which I took to immediately. I wrote a quest/fighting game called Ronin, and was basically hooked. I started taking high school programming classes in FORTRAN, PASCAL and COBOL, then enrolled in a college program called Business Computing Co-op, which combined programming, networking, database and analysis classes with business administration and marketing. My co-op placement turned into a full time job, and since then I've worked a wide variety of industries; including electrical engineering, pulp manufacturing, emergency services, child support enforcement, and government health.

In the 13 years that I have been writing software professionally, I have had the opportunity to work in a wide variety of industries and development environments. I've worked in both the public and private sector, as an employee and as a contractor, as technical lead and as a hired gun. I've been involved in all phases of the software development lifecycle; from design and architecture to development, implementation, documentation and support. This range of experiences, along with my critical thinking and problem solving ability, has given me the ability to learn quickly and adapt easily to new environments and technologies. As a freelancer, I've been thrown into projects that are desperately behind schedule and couldn't afford me a learning curve, and I've been able to hit the ground running and be a contributing member of the team from the first day forward. It's not always fun or easy, but I've learned to stay calm and focused in the midst of chaos, to take every opportunity and learn from every mistake.