I live in Hoxton in central London. It's not as nice to live in as it is to visit, but then few places are. I do love the hustle and bustle of living in the middle of a city though, a few days of peace and quiet in the countryside is enough to drive me crazy.
I write Perl code for fun and profit. In the days I work as half of a web development partnership called Shiny Ideas. In the evenings I tend to find myself working on various open source projects.
I'm a political activist, particularly interested in issues relating to civil liberties and social justice. Political campaigning has led me into a general interest in how our democracy works (and how it fails), and from there I've gained a strong interest in political reform - especially with regard to direct democracy and digital direct democracy.
I spend most of my life online, most of the rest of it sleeping, and anything left over reading. Occasionally I remember to eat.
