In an effort to create a more cohesive group experience, I thought it would be good for us to introduce ourselves and give some of our background ( we are now close to having 6000 members!). Feel free to include your technical expertise, your location, your native language, etc. I'll start.
[ Having this information will help us write our answers. We'll be able to take into account people's language preferences, knowledge of tech terms, etc. ]
Name: Regina Location: Mountain View, CA (I'm in Ireland right now) Native Language: English Other Languages: Some Japanese and Spanish Sports: Soccer and Water Polo Favorite Vacation Spot: I haven't found one yet, but I absolutely love South Africa. Books: I just read "The Glass Castle." Why I'm here: I'm your Guide!
Name: Jo (nickname: Jos) Location: Aarschot (Belgium) Native Language: dutch Other Languages: french, english and some german Sports: swimming, running, pool, bowling, ... :-) Favorite Vacation Spot: Southern France Studies: Trade Sciences, Ehsal (Brussels) Why I'm here: My website has become my newest hobby (thanks to Google!) and now I'm trying to help other people build their websites! Other interests: computers, Google, economics, the European project (EU), ...
Name: Marillet (nickname: Jack) Location: France & Scotland Native Language: English Other Languages: Some French - still learning Sports: Tennis & golf - playing; Football - watching Favorite Vacation Spot: France Current obsession: Sudoku Why I'm here: to learn Other interests: reading & writing
Name: Schultzter Location: Montreal, QC, Canada Native Language: English Other Languages: French, German (if you're patient) Sports: biking, hiking, skiing, kayaking Favorite Vacation Spot: Rocky mountains, west coast Books: currently Gate's biography, but anything by Terry Pratchett is my favourite author Why I'm here: To learn and share, to hack around with a web site in spare time
Name: Chappuis Philippe (prac) Location: Switzerland, between Geneva and Lausanne Native Language: French Other Languages: English, German Sports: biking Favorite Vacation Spot: Mountains Books: Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Why I'm here: To learn which is the most important thinks
Name: Andrew Location: Walla Walla, WA Native Language: English Other Languages: Spanish Sports: All of them Favorite Vacation Spot: Balmerino, Scotland Books: Catch-22, Founding Brothers, Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, Into Thin Air, Into the Wild Why I'm Here: I enjoying experimenting with GPC and also enjoy helping out those who need help, or are just starting with their website.
Name : Roland Houdaille Location : South West of France Language : french Other languages : german, russian, czech Sports : gardening... Favorites vacation spots : countries around the Mediterranean Books : Big Mother (Michel Schneider); All of Teilhard de Chardin Why I'm here: To learn to become an online journalist.
Name : Ognjen Regac aka Regac or Oggy Location : Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Language : Bosnian Other languages : English, Indonesian Sports : Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball etc. etc Favorites vacation spots : Malaysia Books : Dickens, Fitzgerald, Brown*heh*, etc etc Why I'm here: Started as a project to learn HTML, but became and obsession.
Name: Michael Simpson Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States Native Language: English Other Languages: Sports: Chorus?, Math? Favorite Vacation Spot: Florida Books: Fermat's Enigma, Singh Why I'm here: HELP
Name: Kerry Location: Canberra, Australia Native Language: English Other Languages: French (spoken slowly, with a broad Oz accent) Sports: Reading Favorite Vacation Spot: Catalonia Studies: Military history Books: Anything by Terry Pratchett or Alan Furst Professional interests: Good websites
Name: HaoHongting(Nickname:lanhaiou) Location:ShanDong.China Native Language: Chinese Other Languages: English Sports: Ping-pong.badminton Favorite Vacation Spot: Europe Books: "old person and sea" etc. Why I'm here: To learn more
> Name: David Mathieu(Nickname:Augmento) > Location:Daegu, South Korea > Native Language: English > Other Languages: French, Korean > Sports: keyboarding > Favorite Vacation Spot: computer desk > Books: The Little Prince > Why I'm here: let me know when you find the answer, it is NOT 42!
Come on everyone - I've seen some posts that have over 100 responses. We're only at 12 here. We have almost 6000 members, lets aim for at least 100 introductions.