I am big computer nerd. I make websites for a living, most recently for the New Yorker Magazine. Lately I've been working on a lot of art projects and teaching undergraduates as an adjunct.

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

I am kind of skeptical of Airbnb, and I am curious to learn more about the social aspects of the couchsurfing crowd.

Interessi

Art, movies, running, books, internet stuff. I am obsessed with my cat Beefra (whose name is pretty searchable).

• cats
• arts
• books
• festivals
• running
• technology
• movies
• blogging
• software

Musica, film e libri

Music: The Books, Boards of Canada, Calexico, Django Reinhardt, Fela Kuti, Girl Talk, The Long Winters, Max Richter, The Mountain Goats, Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Yo La Tengo.

Moves: I have a Mubi subscription, and I tend to enjoy stuff from festivals & art house cinema. Favorites include Doctor Strangelove, The Conversation, The Big Lebowski, basically anything from the Cohen Brothers.

Books: a lot of non-fiction lately, the last fiction was Octavia Butler's Lilith's Brood (which I hear is getting made into a TV series?). Most recent book: Astra Taylor's The People's Platform. Next up: To Our Friends by the Invisible Committee.

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

I was the tech operator on one of those livestream interviews with Edward Snowden at New Yorker Festival (also Kim Dotcom and Ai Weiwei!)

Insegna, impara, condividi

I teach software development to undergrads, and I'm generally a big proponent of sharing as much of what I've learned as possible. I've been blogging a lot lately on my website, phiffer.org.

Cosa posso offrire ai padroni di casa

An appreciation for conversation and humor.

Paesi che ho visitato

Austria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands

Paesi in cui ho vissuto

Netherlands, United States