I love catching up with blog readers, friends, colleagues (past and present), and students when you’re in town. If you give me a little heads-up, we can grab a coffee somewhere near the central district and chat about… well, pretty much anything under the sun.

Some ideas to get us started
- Tech & Making – open data, civic tech, self-hosting, privacy, AI experiments, workflow automation, startups, side projects, mapping, GIS, sensors, IoT etc.
- Travel & Outdoors – motor cycling, road trips, slow travel, nature walks, food.
- Life & Philosophy – parenthood, adoption, pets, making friends later in life, mindfulness, democracy, Buddhism, Indian philosophy and history, etc
- Creative & Personal Projects – my daily square photo project, building my wiki, decades of blogging, archiving history.
- Community & People – teaching, mentoring, and organizing events.
- Anything else you like?
Rules of Engagement
- Best way to reach me? Send me an email/XMPP message. If you have my number you can message me, you can also message me on XMPP if you use one.
- I prefer central district, but can change.
- Ideally an hour to max two hours.
- I prefer public coffee places where we can sit and talk. Ask me if you like me to suggest
- I don’t mind taking pictures.
- Coffee’s on me if you bring good conversation. ☕