Pat Shaughnessy is a Ruby developer working at a global management consulting firm during the day, but who also enjoys writing in his spare time. Pat lives in Boston, but is fluent in Spanish and spends a lot of time in Asturias, Spain with his wife and two kids. Pat also writes in-depth articles at patshaughnessy.net, some of which have been featured on the Ruby Weekly newsletter, the Ruby5 podcast and the Ruby Show. His twitter is @pat_shaughnessy