Briefly:

Jeff is big of fan of open source technologies. He loves helping people learn to play with different publishing tools and be creative online.

While in graduate school studying media and culture, Jeff started tinkering around with Drupal to help out a professor and ended up building a website for her upcoming film. This experience got him started and turned into more freelancing gigs and the chance to work with artists, academics, community groups and other creative types, building publishing platforms and helping to create online strategies.

Jeff's previous research looked at online communities, examining the processes of collaborative production and the orchestration of online participation. He's interested in the ways open source technologies can democratize access to culture and their capacity to help build a more engaged public. With a research background, development experience and passion for education, Jeff can translate "geek speak" to the uninitiated and help anyone understand what's possible online.

Factoids

Favorite City to Hang in?

Montreal, QC

Favorite thing about living in Vancouver?

Cycling to work with mountain views

Why Drupal?

The freedom of open source code, the active developer community and the cool stuff you can make with it

Beverage of choice?

Jameson's on ice

Where/when did you first get online?

1997 - so late to the party...

Fictional character you’d like to have a beer with?

Both of the Blues Brothers

Website you actually go to often – for fun not work?

Recently, according to my browser history, craigslist.org

Hobby you hardly ever talk about?

Making music and writing

Favorite Raincity Studios project?

Open Source Ciniema

Fave dish (that you can actually cook)?

Steak and Potatoes

Favorite techie word/acronym?

Ping

Fave “analog” tool?

My bicycle

Another profession would you like to try?

Basketball Coach

Favorite artistic era/movement?

Situationist International and DIY

Rather attend Ballet or Opera or Symphony?

Symphony

Co-worker who makes you laugh?

www.rolandtanglao.com

What do you “bring to the table” at Raincity?

I translate geek speak into everyday english

Your best tech skill?

Completing Super Mario Bros. 3 without warp whistles

Country you want to visit that you’ve never been to?

Morocco

Where’d you go to school? Why?

University of Calgary because I thought I was interested in business and marketing. And Concordia University in Montreal after I realized I loved media and cultural studies

Fave Drupal module?

logintoboggan

At home: video games or movies?

Movies

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