About

My name is Trond K. Pettersen and I’m a web development consultant at Bouvet ASA.

My areas of expertise and interest are: all aspects of web application development, mostly PHP and Java, front end technologies and Topic Maps. I have an eye for semantic (X)HTML &  unobtrusive JavaScript and enjoy jQuery.

Although primarly interested in web development, I have also worked with other relevant technologies such as e.g. C#, WPF and Caliburn. This is my blog.

Work

I’ve designed and implemented web applications from scratch as well as on top of existing frameworks and systems (examples: Ontopia, CorePublish CMS, IBM WCM, Sun IdM).

Some of the sites I’ve developed / been part of developing:

• NRK/Skole
  Ontopia driven site developed for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Connects media clips with knowledge from the official Norwegian curricula. More.
• Gassco.no
  IBM WCM based web site developed for the operator of natural gas from the Norwegian continental shelf.
• University of Stavanger
  CorePublish based web site. Maintenance and various fixes. Also developed automated newsletter mailer (PHP based scheduled task) and PHP/MS SQL based CMS-like application for managing podcasts.
• Hellerprosjektet
  Python/XTM driven site built as part of my masters thesis on semantic technologies.
• enCore MOO v5
  Latest version of the enCore MOO w/File Upload module built with PHP/MySQL/MOO. Also designed and implemented solution for single source documentation for the LAMP platform.
• WordPress Topic Maps (WP2TM)
  WordPress plugin for exporting WordPress blogs to the semantic format of XML Topic Maps.
• Billy-Corgan.com
  Used to be a PHP/MySQL driven web site (LAMP) with 1.2 – 4.3 million page views / month before I shut it down late 2005 (time and devotion issues). Archive.org 2003, 2005.

Naturally, I’ve also worked on applications that are not publicly accessible. Some examples:

• Access management / provisioning application for Statoil (world leading oil & gas producer).
• Knowledge Management application for Total E&P (French oil & gas producer).
• Semantic Web application prototype for Unifob AS (research institution).
• .NET / TMCore based application for the Norwegian Directorate of Education.

You can learn more about my background by looking at my LinkedIn profile.

This is my personal blog, opinions and meanings. In the event that you actually want to contact me, you may do so via contact[at]topicobserver.com.