Essayist, Fiction Writer, Teacher, Sober Dad.

Welcome, my name is Paul Stovell. I live in Brisbane and work on Octopus Deploy. An automated deployment tool for . Prior to founding Octopus Deploy, I worked for an investment bank in London building WPF applications, and before that I worked for Readify, an Australian . I also worked on a number of open source projects and was an active user group presenter. I was a Microsoft MVP for WPF from 2006 to 2013. A tool to manage Windows Services.

Following absolutely no pressure or encouragement to start writing again, I took it upon myself to begin compiling my thoughts, observations and, well lets face it drivel that comes from an overworked and probably undersized brain. Wednesday, 6 June 2012. I used to draw cartoons as a teenager, 2000AD, Slaine, Judge Dredd etc. This type of drawing is now called fantasy art, back in my day they were called schoolboy sketches or - cartoons. This is why my first attempts at dr.

Yep, after almost no encouragement, zero public pressure and very little expectation I have decided to put finger to keyboard and start writing a blog again - why? Well despite everything I really enjoy writing - it gives me a buzz to write online, and what else do you do when you spend half of your life traveling to airports, waiting in airports and enduring the hell that is air travel. If you want to follow my ramblings, please go to.