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  • Location: United States

One-Line Bio

I play at the Robot Co-op and like my friends.

Biography

Here are some of the things that I've done, or witnessed:

1976: Born in California
1986: Turned 10
1992: Briefly owned a Ford Mustang convertible
1994: Graduated high-school
1994: Moved to Seattle, Washington
1998: Graduated college
1998: Hired as Amazon customer service rep
1999: Transferred to Amazon trainer/designer position
2000: Transferred to Amazon web developer position
2000: Got married
2000: Launched Seattle Stories (now gone)
2001: Launched Nervousness (sold in 2002)
2002: Launched All Consuming
2002: Wrote Man Versus Himself
2003: Transferred to Amazon product manager position
2003: Wrote Disaster
2003: Web developer again
2004: Got divorced
2004: Helped start Robot Co-op, joined as Chief Janitorial Officer
2004: Bought a loft
2005: Launched 43 Things

Interests

uncertainty, relativity, nonsense, emptiness, mu, silence, the future, robots, indecision, modernity, intuition, ambiguity, drunkenness, awkwardness, kittens, first impressions, the market, high ceilings, wood floors, sushi, blankets, fun