1 Former College Professor – January 1997 to June 2019Index

I was a college professor for 22 years at the Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada until I had to resign on June 30, 2019 due to poor working conditions.

I started teaching in the Computer Studies (CS) department at Algonquin in January 1997.  In the summer of 1999 I transferred to the Information and Quantitative Systems (IQS) department in the school of Business to work under a better manager (Ian McMaster). In the summer of 2002 the College closed IQS and moved me back into the Computer Studies department, now in the School of Advanced Technology (now SAT, formerly CTET).

I taught free/libre technologies (mostly Linux command line) under a Creative Commons license. 

Previous Contact Information for Algonquin College (resigned June 2019)

Prof Timetable

Teaching Home Page (on this machine)

teaching home page on this machine

Teaching Home Page (master copy)

http://teaching.idallen.com/

Current Personal Home Page

http://www.idallen.com/

2 Formal EducationIndex

1985           M.Math, Computer Science
                   University of Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA

1980           B.A., Honours Psychology (Deans List)
                   University of Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA

Graduate Scholarships: NSERC, OGS

3 Work ExperienceIndex

• University of Waterloo Unix System Administrator 1980-1993
• National Research Council (NRC) Guest Worker (IIT) 1993
• Community Network (FreeNet) System Administrator 1993-1996
• Computer Science Professor (Algonquin College) 1997-2019
  • Professor of Computer Studies 1997-1999
  • Professor of Information Systems 1999-2002
  • Professor of Computer Studies (again) 2002 to 2012
  • Professor of Information and Communications Technologies (Linux) 2012 to June 2019
• GNU/Linux / Unix / Free/Libre Open Source Software [FLOSS] Sysadmin and Consultant 1985 to present

4 Professional/Academic InterestsIndex

• Computer Aided social interaction
• Community Networks (FreeNets)
• Enabling, non-fascist Unix System Administration
• Home computing environments (Linux, dual-home networking, IP Tunnelling, etc.)

5 RésuméIndex

My Résumé is on my home page http://www.idallen.com/

6 Favourite SayingsIndex

“If this were easy, everyone would be doing it.”

“You have to think like the shell!”

“Less code is better code.”

7 Other ThingsIndex

• Personal Home Page
• Favourite Quotes and Interests are on my home page http://www.idallen.com/ 
• Contact Improvisation Dance
• National Capital Free-Net
• Rate This Professor
• Do not send me any proprietary Microsoft documents, please.