A developer, artist, and musician based in the Niagara region, Ontario.
01Lineage
Orland James Woodland
Grandfather
Notable tech legacy at TRW, contributing to the Datapoint 2200, Intel 8008, ARCNET, and SCO.
Mark Woodland
Father
Software engineer specializing in OCR (Optical Character Recognition).
02Code
DendriteLM
A local decoder-only transformer replacing MLPs with dendritic computation blocks. Research roots in TwinProp and Aizenbud, experimenting with NMDA-like gated nonlinearities, inhibition, and routing.
Gru / LTL Freight
Order management systems and LTL freight integrations at Canadian Off Grid and FPES.
03Color & Sound
Acrylic Portraits
Acrylic portrait painting, working with light and texture on canvas.
Guitar & Synths
Guitar playing and retro pocket synths like the Stylophone.