About: I just quit my job and I'm embarking on a life of tech-nomadism. First stop, the Bay Area! It's been 2 weeks of geek tourism so far (1 week to go), and BarCampBlock is the highlight.

I'm not looking for work right now, but I'm *talking* to people about work, so that when I'm ready I'll have a feel for the scene round these parts. So if you're doing something cool in the Open Source/Web2.0 area, I'd love to talk to you. (Edited to add: current obsession is Freebase, ZOMG!!!1)

My personal projects right now are all clustered around getting Perl out of its rut. I've been doing Perl for a decade now and as a language Perl is still going strong, has a great set of tools and frameworks built around it, and is being used by more people than ever. You wouldn't know it, though. So I want to fix that.

Meanwhile, I'm looking for fun stuff to do and great places to visit. I'm hoping to spend a month or so in Vanuatu soon helping a friend out with some Linux/Wifi/etc stuff bringing teh intertubes to the more remote islands. Where next after that? Who knows?