CURRENT MISSION

First up: Right Knowledge.

ABOUT ME

One of my project manager friends told me I was the second smartest person she knew, with the first being Clay Shirkey. I now have to hunt him down and make him take stupid pills. People like my sense of humor, my conversation, and my trivia.

Other adjectives: Gay, naturalist/atheist, vegetarian, smartypants

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm brand new: a total noob.

Interests

I like big bowls, nuance, Neil Finn, and self-reference. I like presents that are homemade and nomothetic. I write senryu on planes. I think people are interesting, good, and probably doomed in the long run. I believe in virtue and that human dreams of flight are species memories of water. I make my bed, but I also make it easy to make my bed.

• writing
• design
• vegetarian
• running
• trivia
• atheism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I had a friend once describe my music taste as "indie singer songwriters" and I think that covers it pretty well. Neil Finn, Andrew Bird, Beirut, Broken Social Scene, Of Montreal, Iron & Wine, Wilco, Bon Iver, and Rufus Wainwright get a lot of play. LCD Soundsystem has rocked my ossicles of late. Don't get me wrong, as I also have a soft spot for smart country, accessible classical, underproduced pop, and the occasional bootie-shaking dance number, but it's not the majority of any playlists.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have walked the shifting surface of a live volcano: White Island off the coast of New Zealand. You had to suck candy to keep the acid from burning your throat. I have swam underneath the San Francisco Bay Bridge in a fog so thick I wasn't sure where which direction I was headed. I cut the shit out of my toe shortly thereafter. I have jumped on Italian lands that bounced like a trampoline and made the trees around me sway.

Teach, Learn, Share

Generative randomness, interaction design, writing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bermuda, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russian Federation, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States

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