Working with Walker Group, Inc. as an Insurance Adjuster, I spent 2 months last fall (2004) working 12 hour days in Orlando and Pensacola, FL helping people get their lives back together after the 4 hurricanes raged through. I inspected and estimated over 70 damaged properties. Currently for Walker Group, I am working on: setting up accounting systems, a new website (with Mr. Caleb Flynn) and training new adjusters in Xactimate, an adjusting software that we use. Soon, I will be working on operations and claims auditing systems.

UPDATE: FTEC closed its doors in November 2004 due to lack of funding. The website will be availible for some time (probably until the domain runs out). As with the Beatbox, this was a great project that affected many peoples lives. Email me if you have any questions about FTEC

I am the founding director of Fairfield Technology Education Center http://www.fftechcenter.org in Fairfield, Iowa. The mission of the Fairfield Technology Education Center (FTEC) is to provide comprehensive technology education and resources to all members of the community. FTEC services link our diverse population to technology opportunities from basic skill development to advanced training and new media techniques. Our aim is to enrich, educate, and empower the community through technology.

The Beatbox is a unique, non-traditional youth project in Fairfield Iowa. This pilot project of closed due to lack of funding in May of 2003. The Beatbox contributed to a %50 drop in youth crime the years that it was open 1999-2003, and was second home to 125+ youth per day. The average age of a beater was 17, but "youth" from age 10-55 participated in our programs. Check out http://www.thebeatbox.org for more information.

I am a founding director of The Beatbox and am actively working to institute similar projects in other cities and countries.

Nurv.Nu.Media is a multimedia production company located in Santa Monica, Ca.

I work as a new media contractor for Nurv.Nu, we are currently involved in several large-scale media and web projects.

Prentice-Hall / McGraw-Hill Multimedia CD production for Publishers Media, CA.
I developee and implement macromedia director programming on Multimedia CDs that accompany textbooks. We have completed 35+ CDs in this ongoing project.

Barbar Artist
I am responsible for server design/set-up and maintainence for this large scale project. More on this once the website is availible to the public!

More information on Nurv.Nu.Media can be found at http://www.nurv.nu

LibreNet Internet is a new non-profit internet acces co-op in Fairfield, IA. LibreNet aims to provide co-op members extremely low-cost, high quality Internet acces via a community wireless network. The cost of the network and access will be shared by members and is expected to be ~$10/month. I am one of the project leads and will be responsible for network installation and maintaince. Network insfrastucture services will be powered by the FreeBSD Unix OS.

More information on LibreNet can be found here.

Akshara Productions is devoted to mutli media collaborations, film and video/audio installations. I have just finished filming a part of a documentary project in Queensland - Australia as the director of photography. (more info and links when the project is finished) I have collaborated as director of photography for several Akkshara projects, including:

Reverie
Reverie I and Reverie II are two, evocative, surround sound video installations that bring together music, video taped dance and performance, textual references and digital animation, in the examination of processes and structures generated from paradox. (2001-02)

This and That
This and That, a 5 minute experimental video, uses video taped improvisational dance, music and text, to evoke a liminal realm or experience. (2000)

The exhibition Project Reverie has secured sponsorship from the Visual Arts Gallery and Mahendra International Inc. The video screening and exhibition are scheduled for April 2004 at the DakshinaChitra Centre, Chennai, and in May 2004, at the Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Delhi, India.

Reverie was shot on location on mini DV at Port Douglas and the Daintree River, Queensland, Shelly Beach and dance studios in Sydney, Australia, the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, USA, and the Thames River, London. While instrumentalists improvised for Reverie II, Reverie I used a more conventional compositional approach for both instrumental work and voice. The video taped sequences were edited in Final Cut Pro at Akkshara, USA. The music was created on Protools and mixed at Main Studio, University of Western Sydney, Australia. The final project was authored to DVD by Cheese Multimedia, Australia.

Reverie I was shown in its video installation format at Sonic Circus, University of Western Sydney in 2002. Reverie II was previewed at QPIX, Brisbane, Australia in 2002 and in New York at the School of Visual Arts in 2001.

For more information on Akshara Productions, visit http://www.akkshara.com

My16mm.Com is the definitive online resource for 16mm Film cameras.

My16mm.Com is an independent film production resource site dedicated to providing substantial, comprehensive information, knowledge and materials to camera operators, independent filmmakers, and students.

I am the founder and maintainer of my16mm.com, for more information check it out: http://www.my16mm.com

IP8 - I PROPAGATE

IP8 Networks is an unofficial name for all my network related projects.

IP8 provides DNS and web hosting for dozens of projects (personal / friend / family / client - projects.)

http://www.ip8.org for more information.

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