Community Projects


(Hybrid open-mic w/ featured live performance and interviews broadcasted from the Pirate Cat Radio Cafe & Studio)
(Considered a premier, reliable open mic event in the community — http://www.bayareaopenmics.com/blog/?p=782 )
Coordinate a team of 4 (not including Diamond Dave Whitaker) to schedule acts and book interviews
Perform Shiva-like juggling of video and audio technologies to capture performances and make everything sound pretty
Use Twitter (through @djprefect) for ongoing promotion of speakers and artists during the show & provide links to music, events, books, etc
Coalesce community into new social website:  http://commonthreadcollective.ning.com/
Provide podcasts: http://www.piratecatradio.com/playlist.php?dj=dd
Interview interesting authors and academics, including the likes of Douglas Rushkoff (author of Life, Inc) and the SF City College bio tech team building the first bacteria-powered battery.
Host / Producer, Subversive Science (from February 2009, ongoing, stochastic schedule)
(Pirate Cat Radio’s only Science News and Technology variety show – See http://subversivescience.blogspot.com )
Minister of Technology, Pirate Cat Radio (Feb 2009-present)
coordinate a small, rotating team of volunteers to maintain technology in connection with the studio, radio, stream, and website
hold occasional as-needed workshops for Pirate Cat staff to understand studio workings and how to promote shows via social media
work on super-secret black magic for Pirate Cat Radio 2.0 . . .

A/V Coordinator, UCSF “Let’s Have an Awesome Time Doing Science” Conference, Oct 10-12, 2009

250 attendee hybrid conference / un-conference at UCSF Mission Bay, Genentech Hall

  • Consulted to determine best places for conversation, for presentations, and for breakout sessions based on room configuration, acoustics, light, etc
  • Coordinated use of limited A/V resources spread among multiple simultaneous sessions
  • Produced DVDs of scheduled speakers and selected audio recordings as requested for breakout sessions

Co-Founder / Coordinator, Apocaisle (Sept 2009), Oakland / SF

Coordinator / Engineer, Common Thread Collective (from May 2009, ongoing, every Friday 3-6pm)

Don’t Panic; Keep it Organic

Hybrid open-mic w/ featured live performance and interviews broadcasted from the Pirate Cat Radio Cafe & Studio

Considered a premier, reliable open mic event in the Bay Area open mic performer community

Current task: Coalescing community into new social website

  • Coordinate a team of 4 (not including Diamond Dave Whitaker) to schedule acts and book interviews
  • Perform Shiva-like juggling of video and audio technologies to capture performances and make everything sound pretty
  • Use Twitter (through @djprefect) for ongoing promotion of speakers and artists during the show & provide links to music, events, books, etc
  • Provide podcasts
  • Interview interesting authors and academics, including the likes of Douglas Rushkoff (author of Life, Inc) and the SF City College bio tech team building the first bacteria-powered battery.

Host / Producer, Subversive Science (from February 2009, ongoing, stochastic schedule)

Pirate Cat Radio’s only Science News and Technology variety show – “inoculating against stupid”

  • Frequent interviews with scientists from all over the world
  • Promotion of local Bay Area makers and hackers doing awesome stuff (e.g. Muralizer, Ephemerisle)
  • Offering post-production sound editing for pay or trade as supporting media for promotion

Minister of Technology, Pirate Cat Radio (Feb 2009-present)

  • coordinate a small, rotating team of volunteers to maintain technology in connection with the studio, radio, stream, and website
  • hold occasional as-needed workshops for Pirate Cat staff to understand studio workings and how to promote shows via social media
  • work on super-secret black magic for Pirate Cat Radio 2.0 . . .

Youth Karate Assistant Instructor, Sakura Dojo (2005), Toronto

  • assisted black belt instructors in teaching goju ryu-style Okinawan karate to children ages 6-10
  • led drills, corrected form, taught proper tumbling, and managed emotional growth within the class