Welcome to either a fascinating resource demonstrating a cross-section of the work that I do, or an act of monumental ego.

After nearly a decade as an activist, and six years working in the Washington, DC area as an Internet consultant, web site designer, database expert, conferencing entrepreneur, published author, and professional dilettante — it’s become extremely difficult to explain just what I do.

The greatest difficulty is continuing to find the thread that links these various pursuits together. The best thing about having varied interests and involvements is the moment when you can bring disconnected people from different worlds together for their common interests and goals, especially when they only then discover that they have common interests.

In my work and my personal life (if you can separate the two), I am blessed with colleagues and friends who are intensely committed, extremely skilled, astonishingly talented, and all-around decent people — most of whom will never meet each other. I hope that by publishing what I do, and writing about the people I work with, more of you will.

And I don’t mind having another soapbox to stand on. Watch this space for essays, rants, raves, and other amusements.

Happy New Year to those of you celebrating 5760.