Portfolio

Current: 11/12/11

I had a realisation the other day that at my fundamental core I am an artist. An artist dedicated to making things that evolve humanity. Having identified this core, it is slowly helping me see threads in the array of things I have done over the years. The thread running through all my work has been a question, and a mission. How can we evolve, nurture and accelerate humanity's potential?

This portfolio page is a curation of all my projects - conventional and unconvential, projects and experiences, personal and professional.

Linkedin doesn't fully in resonance with me anymore. Career is one aspect of me, yes, and I believe that what social media is creating is the condtions to integrate, express and celebrate all aspects of ourselves, rather than seeing them as separate entitles.

(Side note: My Linkedin Profile as of today)

So here it goes.

I am calling this my LinkedOut Profile.

This page is work in progress. I will adapt and update as I go.

Current:

Macroscope Labs, Sandbox Network.

Previous:

Spoke at numerous conferences including TedxBrisbane, Mindful, NTEN, Wisdom 2.0

Mental Health 2.0 Unconference Organiser.

Working with environmental product startup around social media strategy.

Resident Artist at Grey Area Foundation for the Arts in San Francisco.

Social Media Advisor for a Mongolian NGO

Catalyst and Founding Member for Awesome Foundation Melbourne

Working at a digital agency. They did a lot of Flash. #meh

Student Club President at International House. Essentially to put this in North American context, I was the president of my fraternity/ sorority. We don't do the Greek system here in Australia.

Weird Portfolio

I was thinking about Seth Godin's new book 'We are All Weird"

Suddenly, I had a realisation that weird is a kind of hidden currency - one that I believe we should celebrate more.

Weird gives your character.

Weird means having those odd experiences which shape you and give you a richer life. As Jonathan Harris reminds me, "Our greatest creation is our life story". So, why not make your life story as weird as possible.

Here are a few weird things.

- I have a blue birthmark on my left ear. Yep, blue.

- I am 27 but I look like I am 18.

- I have Irish/English/Japanese genes with an American and Australian passport. Long story.

- I was a guest on a Mongolian TV show once.

- Stayed at a Hare Krishna Temple in New South Wales.

- I almost managed to sneak into Tibet with a fake permit and fake train ticket.

- I had my first spiritual epiphany sitting at Mt Everest Base Camp.

- I somehow managed to raise funds for a crowdsourcing campaign to go to 2009 Non Profit Technology Conference in US.

- I went to a Marist Brother's Catholic boarding school for 5 years. Boarding school was amazing.

- I did a major in organisational communication at university. I have no idea what that is.

- Over my lifespan, I have worked as: telemarketer, online marketing strategist, consultant, waiter, dishwasher, English teacher, cook at a wildlife park, residental advisor, plus many other things. I have been fired from two jobs. Great experience.

- Did a spontenous road trip with some friends once - where we decided to drive 500km to buy a dominos pizza. It was a fun thing to do at the time,

- At themed boat cruise party at university, I decided to come as a Big Mac.

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TedxBrisbane