Rickard Nilsson is a web developer and agile evangelist, specializing in ASP.NET and web standards, with experience from a variety of business applications ranging from e-commerce systems to SharePoint solutions. Rickard is a Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) and has a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Information Technology. His interests includes programming, agile practices and techniques and he has a passion for test-driven development.

When Rickard isn't working as a consultant at Ninetech, a Microsoft Gold Partner company, he's writing on his blog about things he care about. You can also follow him on twitter @rickardn.

This page describes the story of my life and will be updated with new events continuously.

2010: Took up mobile device development targeting .NET Compact Framework 3.5. Went way out of my comfort zone and took up iPhone development on the Mac. Loved it! Became a senior developer at Ninetech.

2009: Upgraded to Professional Developer .NET Framework 3.5 (MCPD) and Became a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) for .NET 3.5 Windows Communication Foundation.

2008: Took six month parental leave with the twins and started this blog. Upgraded to Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist on ASP.NET targeting .NET Framework 3.5.

2007: Graduated from Karlstad's University with a Master of Science in Information Technology (M.Sc.). Became a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Technology Specialist (MCTS), and Professional Web Developer (MCPD).

2006: Started an internship at Ninetech which later became my employer. My twins Oscar and Olle was born five weeks early and the family had to spend a week at the hospital. We got home again to the Christmas holidays. This was the year I took up bloging for the first time.

2002: Started studying with the IT Master's program at Karlstad's University. In December, the whole family moved to a larger apartment.

2001: My first son is born. The family, now of three, switched to a three-room apartment. Started working as a driver for Berendsen through Caland.

2000: Grumbled from military duty after 10 month with top grades. Started working as a Black Jack dealer at now closed night club Jäger in Karlstad while moving in with my girlfriend. By the end of the year we moved to our own place.

1999: Graduated from high school with a nature science degree in computing. In the fall I entered ten month of military duty as a team leader at IB2 in Kristinehamn.

1997: Met my fiancé.

The rest is history.