I've been on the Fediverse since January 2017. I initially ran a single-user instance of Mastodon. In March 2020 I started to write Ktistec, my own implementation of an ActivityPub server in Crystal (a language with the ergonomics of Ruby but the speed of Go) because I wanted something more supportive of writing. This #introduction was written and published on Epiktistes, my Ktistec instance.

I'm an Engineer by training but now I run teams for companies in climate-tech.

I love #music, #sciencefiction and #fantasy literature (yes, I'm an R. A. Lafferty fan), attend fan conventions like #worldcon and #dragoncon, and do regular #weightlifting. I am also learning to play the #bagpipes, and I'm (re)learning #japanese.

the impact of my fan/gaming convention schedule on my open source contributions this year...

#worldcon #dragoncon

only two weeks between #worldcon and #dragoncon

backyard astronomy workshop thursday night at dragoncon, hilton hotel, downtown atlanta.

#dragoncon

dragon con is over and i'm heading home. i spent much of my time in maker panels this year. attached is a picture of a drone built on a frame made from badminton rackets!

the team that built this was composed of grade school students!

#dragoncon

this year for dragon con i printed a legion of little star wars inspired heads/beads to share/hide during the con. it's part of the tradition of swag n seek.

#dragoncon #swagnseek

schedule for the 2021 eff track at dragon con:

https://archive.efforums.net/index.php/2021-schedule.html

#dragoncon #eff

links to material from my talk at #DragonCon on security weaknesses in artificial intelligence:

first, a stripped-down set of slides:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AuSNm2JQ1CCbvDuHU9xkVhqd_ejE8aYe