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

worldcon glasgow had a registered tartan created for the event called "landing zone glasgow". unfortunately, they sold out of the first weaving before i could order.

i found out a few days ago that they are taking preorders for a second weaving. this is amazingly great news! a vest is in my future!

#worldcon #glasgow2024 #tartan

only two weeks between #worldcon and #dragoncon

explaining to the team back home about #worldcon. they're actually, collectively, the most fannish lot i've worked with, but worldcon (and the world science fiction society), aren't as much on the average fan's radar as, say, the various comic cons... which is too bad in some (but not all) ways...

i somehow hadn’t heard of the torment nexus until this weekend at #worldcon but it’s popped up frequently including in editor Neil Clarke’s hugo acceptance speech—in which he likened it to generative ai and the shit ton of content he’s had to wade through to do his job as a result of it…

i love craft and maker panels as much as just about anything. for this one, i seriously regret not having a notepad…

#worldcon

city of angels pipe band—in town for the international piping festival—performing for an audience at #worldcon. also, that blue sky…!

#worldcon

i’m at that point at the con where i just want a quiet corner where i can people watch…

#worldcon