John
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Location | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | I currently coordinate special information technology projects for Canada’s International Development Research Centre, stewarding diverse initiatives in Internet communications, online collaboration, and knowledge sharing. I have been innovating on the Internet since 1994, most recently as strategist for IDRC's Web sites and as creative Web producer of the film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. I have also been working to support community radio for more than twenty years, working at CFRU-FM Guelph, CKDU-FM Halifax, serving as NCRA president in the late-1980s, and currently sitting on the NCRA Advisory Board. I have consulted for the United Nations and was the founding CTO of Tomoye Corporation. |
| Interests | Travel, reading non-fiction, writing fiction, design, hacking, gizmos, walking, lifting weights, cycling, jazz, Hong Kong films, japanese horror, chocolate, radio, web politics, inimate media, social networks, cultural studies, community media, college radio, pro wrestling |
| Favorite movies | Casablana, Heathers, The Lord of the Rings, Blowup, Iron Monkey, 24 Hour Party People, This Is Spinal Tap, Topsy-Turvy |
| Favorite music | Cocteau Twins, Coldplay, Beck, Miles Davis, Garbage, John Coltrane, Leadbelly, Ursula 1000, Norah Jones, Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash, Cowboy Junkies, Keith Jarrett, Mylene Farmer, Nirvana, REM, Radiohead, The Smiths, Metric, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Kate Bush. Evita, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins |
| Favorite books | Maps of the Mind, Snowcrash, Computer Lib/Dream Machines, Empire, The Hacker Crackdown, Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams |
If you were a wrestler, what would be your finishing move?
The Flying Elbow Hammer followed by Kiss the Buddha