@ Wikimania 2006

about me

rockin' the west coast since 2000
fond of: coffee, books, internet, open access + open source, information organization, free culture, rainy days, good music, smart people, local fruits and vegetables, finding out new things, and going places
at last count, I had user accounts on 17+ public wikis...
but am a reluctant static website-updater.

book

I am the co-author of How Wikipedia Works, published in 2008 by No Starch Press. It's about how to use, understand and contribute to Wikipedia, the extraordinary free online encyclopedia. I am proud that the book is licensed under the GFDL. You can find: the full text | wiki page about the book (incld. corrections & comments) | or buy the book

projects & affiliations

I am an academic reference and collections librarian at the Physical Sciences & Engineering Library at UC Davis, specializing in engineering and computer science
find me on Wikipedia here
I've been involved with planning the last few Wikimania conferences

A short course in finding me: I do usually check my personal and work email, Facebook mail, GMail chats, Wikipedia talk page messages, postal mail and any messages in bottles I find. I may occasionally but do not always check or follow: Twitter, Linkedin, mail to mailing lists, other people's blogs, chats on non-gmail services, talk page messages on any other wiki, IRC, phone messages or smoke signals. Please act accordingly.