About Me

Who I am

I grew up on the east side of San Jose, California. I took my BA degree in the Environmental Studies program at the University of California at Santa Cruz, focusing in natural history. I have lived all over the west: Santa Cruz, Crater Lake National Park, Seattle, Sacramento, Oakland, and now Park City, Utah.

I am a Humanist and an enthusiast of both science and technology. I am fascinated by the diversity of life on earth, and I find great joy in wild places and things, especially birds and apes.

What I Do

I am a technology advocate, currently working to help developer entrepreneurs succeed using Bungee Connect, the Web 2.0 application development and deployment platform offered by my employer Bungee Labs.In the past I have worked as an advocate of free and open source software, and I remain keenly interested in the culture of free innovation. I attend many Linux events, preferably the real community events rather than just the big LinuxWorld vendo-fests. Linux is my primary desktop platform.

Why I Do It

I love technology. I’m inspired by the people who work to solve big challenges in information technology. And certainly, the biggest problems today are social and economic rather than technical. This requires changes in culture and technology. Open source software and free services are beginning to show that culture can intertwine with technology to solve problems in new and interesting ways. We live in the exciting age in which free culture is democratizing economic opportunity by removing barriers to entry. I’m very interested in helping that to come about in the world.

Events, Aggregators, and Related Stuff

Bio
Since starting at Bungee Labs, I have not yet updated my bio. Please feel free to email me (/ted/at/bungeelabs/com) and remind me to finish this.

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Hackergotchi
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