I am a(n):

• WordPress & Drupal user, designer, developer, and advocate
• blogger / community-builder / contributor for the UltimateHandbook
• co-founder of Kwikpad and Playspedia
• free-heel skier (telemark and xc-skate skier)
• Frisbee player
• 10k & Half-marathon runner
• rock climber / kayaker / hiker / snowshoer
• right-shooting left-winger, sometimes centre and now also D in beer league ice hockey teams
• fan of the Canucks, Lindsay Campbell, 30 Rock, Hell’s Kitchen, and 24
• guitar & piano player
• food photographer wannabe
• eater (and a closet Iron Chef wannabe)
• coffee drinker
• son, brother, and uncle

I like to read:

• books, blogs and magazines on entrepreneurship, start-ups, leadership, and business management
• anything on psychology (motivation, perception, organizational behaviour)
• anything philosophical
• the morning comics
• people’s Twitter bios

I’m interested in:

• the influence of online communities on real world interactions
• the impact of technology on cultural change
• the idea of personal / career independence
• business models
• economic markets grown out of open source software
• the concept of micropayments
• user-centered design and user experience
• computer-mediated communication and language learning
• the use of emerging technologies in SMEs and SOHOs

I’ve traveled to:

• BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec
• Austria, Belgium, China (Hong Kong), Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland
• Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Texas, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Illinois

When I grow up, I want to be:

• Jack Bauer me