Who is Dave Morris?
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Self-portraits (Click for larger version of the 2004 portrait)
"There is tremendous unease in the "American soul" over the worth of the dreamer/visionary.
We simultaneously romanticize these peculiar men and women, profit from them, try to starve them out, and kill them off. It is as if investors, distrustful of their own ability to tell the difference between an American dream and an American Pipe Dream, hedge their bets by holding visionaries to budgets and time lines that are just short of adequate."
- Fred Moody, "The Visionary Position"
Some interesting information about me
- For you genealogists, I am the son of Robert Lee and Barbara Cash Morris, the son of Charles Raith and Martha Harris Morris, the son of Williamson Plant and Elizabeth Whiteside Morris, the son of John and Sarah Morris, etc etc etc of Scots/Irish descent. If you like this stuff, see my Genealogy Page.
- Inventor of the AXM Artificial Intelligence Engines (artificially intelligent, talking Virtual Human software for the PC computer)
- FAA-licensed pilot and builder of a Dragonfly aircraft, a composite (fiberglass & epoxy), 2-seater, canard aircraft
- FCC-licensed Extra Class amateur radio operator, call-sign N5UP. Inventor of the PacBot conversation software to allow hams to talk to my computer and think they are talking to me! Check out some of my other inventions!
- P.A.D.I. certified Master Scuba Diver.
- Former robotics experimenter, now in software-only mode (the wheels kept falling off).
- Cigar smoker. Go ahead, light up! This is a smoking zone! (My favorites are JR Cigars' knockoff of the Royal Jamaica Churchill, and other huge Dominican maduros.)
- Salvador Dali connoisseur. Visit the Salvador Dali Museum
Click here to see the painting that first got me hooked on this weird guy: Soft Construction with Boiled Beans
Some of my web sites
- eQSL.cc - The Electronic QSL Card Centre - a free web-based QSL exchange for ham operators
- ScubaMatch.com - Scuba dive buddy matchmaking system
- Aquatrix - The Internet Scuba dive trip reservation system
- ZotoFoto - Print and mail postcards right out of your camera or camcorder anywhere in the world
- MailButton - Stop spam at the source with a MailButton on your web site
Some companies I have worked for
- HealthLine Solutions, Inc., Plano, TX (Chief Technology Officer and Webmaster)
- The Brady Group, Inc., Dallas, TX (Chief Technology Officer and Webmaster)
- LINX Data Terminals, Inc., Plano, TX (MIS Director, Director of Customer Support and Training)
- AXM Corporation, Richardson, TX (Chief Technical Officer)
- Marine Midland Bank, Buffalo, NY (Consultant)
- Infotrax Control Systems, Plano, TX (VP Systems Development)
- Corporation for Distributed Systems, Plano, TX (VP Systems Integration)
- Microsystems Development Corporation, Irving, TX (Systems Programmer)
- Dr Pepper Company, Dallas, TX (Programmer/Analyst)
- University of Dayton Research Institute at Kirtland AFB Laser Weapons Labs (Programmer)
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