Subscription meme
Mar. 19th, 2014 06:21 amFollowing on from this post from
nanila I'm kind of redoing my intro. There's a template there if you care to do the same.
People in this journal
My partner and best friend
lemurcatta. Also three cats; a feisty little DSH called Lady Jane Grey and two Bengals, Leela and Padmini.
About my job
I work for Cance Care Ontario; an agency of the government of Ontario that does all kinds of interesting things related to cancer control. I'm responsible for product management for a range of IT products and for IT/IM strategy as it relates to treatment and the Regional Cancer Programs. I'm also heavily involved in a range of issues related to managing recent developments in chemotherapy.
Some random facts
I'm a socialist. I wondered about it for a while but as I watch neo-cons and populist demagogues destroy society and the planet I get less wishy washy. I believe there is a special Hell reserved for Blairites and LibDems.
Things I like to do
I used to spend a lot of time playing, coaching and refereeing rugby. Now I'm old and slow and I find opera criticism more my pace. My writings on that topic can be found at my other blog. I'm pretty big on sleeping and playing with cats too. Often at the same time.
Fandom
I'm not sure I really understand what one is.
Social media usage
I've been on the internet since the days when I had to telnet into my Toronto email from any handy unix box when I was away. Nowadays, besides Dreamwidth and the other blog I can be found on Twitter as @johngilks. I've experimented with Facebook but really don't see the point.
Subscriptions, access and commenting
I reciprocate pretty readily though it's a while since I went hunting for new friends in the slowly atrophying on-line journal world.
What I’d like to get from my participation here
I'm here because I'm here because... I'm basically a stubborn bastard who doesn't want to see this kind of on-line interaction die. I said that about Usenet too.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
People in this journal
My partner and best friend
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
About my job
I work for Cance Care Ontario; an agency of the government of Ontario that does all kinds of interesting things related to cancer control. I'm responsible for product management for a range of IT products and for IT/IM strategy as it relates to treatment and the Regional Cancer Programs. I'm also heavily involved in a range of issues related to managing recent developments in chemotherapy.
Some random facts
I'm a socialist. I wondered about it for a while but as I watch neo-cons and populist demagogues destroy society and the planet I get less wishy washy. I believe there is a special Hell reserved for Blairites and LibDems.
Things I like to do
I used to spend a lot of time playing, coaching and refereeing rugby. Now I'm old and slow and I find opera criticism more my pace. My writings on that topic can be found at my other blog. I'm pretty big on sleeping and playing with cats too. Often at the same time.
Fandom
I'm not sure I really understand what one is.
Social media usage
I've been on the internet since the days when I had to telnet into my Toronto email from any handy unix box when I was away. Nowadays, besides Dreamwidth and the other blog I can be found on Twitter as @johngilks. I've experimented with Facebook but really don't see the point.
Subscriptions, access and commenting
I reciprocate pretty readily though it's a while since I went hunting for new friends in the slowly atrophying on-line journal world.
What I’d like to get from my participation here
I'm here because I'm here because... I'm basically a stubborn bastard who doesn't want to see this kind of on-line interaction die. I said that about Usenet too.