Me and my startup cofounder are travelling in Europe between startup tech conferences, beginning with Pioneers Festival in Vienna (June 1 to 3) and Viva Technology in Paris (June 15-17). In between, we are going to be working, travelling and adventuring in Prague, Warsaw, Budapest and southern France. We are travelling to share our news fact checking software concept and to raise money to build a tool that will help people identify fake news and unreliable content on the internet. Check out our website: www.grapple.news.

If anyone can spare a room or even a couch, we would love your help as you join us on our journey!

CURRENT MISSION

Understand. The first word I ever knew.

ABOUT ME

By land, sea, or air, I travel everywhere. Keeping friends always near, ready always for a beer. Never taught, I shall trot, onward future fraught with intrigue, waiting to be explored, with epiphany, and gratification, for all.

PHILOSOPHY

To establish a genesis in which humanity empowers itself with understanding, rather than consternation, which inevitably leads to structural violence as individuals try to make sense of contrived schema.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am a fairly frequent user of couchsurfing, though now that I am working to build a company I am sharing my home and can no longer host most of the time.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Always a new surprise. I am still in touch with many who I met, and love sharing my travels with open minded, philosophic and adventurous people all over the world.

Interests

Culture. Everything on planet earth reveals itself through culture.

Music, Movies, and Books

Recently I've been on an online series tear, Black Mirror, The Get Down, House of Cards.

I love non-fiction books and read much about artificial intelligence and computer technology.
Some of my favorite literature is Orwell and Huxley.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crossing the Rocky Mountains by train.
Getting on my flight home after my first time living abroad.
Making chocolate souffle successfully on the first try.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Starting with my work as a Journalist, I am on a long running mission to change how people see the internet and understand how people share things online. I would love to share my journey and my work with anyone who will listen.

I have covered corrupt governements in the United States as a journalist, and have lost and found myself in far-fetched corners of the earth. I love stories and I love to hear them, whenever and however I can.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Poland, United States

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