Some information about myself and my interaction/role here at Gaia.

Describe what you do at Gaia:
I am the Director of Web Development at Gaiam. I deal with all the web projects apart from Gaiam.com and oversee the development of all things Gaia. If there is web development to be done, my team in the end is the group that produces the results. In addition to the Gaia Development, I deal with all of the DRTV (Direct Response Television) websites. Read: infomercials websites. These are vastly different from the Gaia Community site but no less challenging.

What do you enjoy doing more (what are your greatest passions?):
For me anything that has to do with being outside and getting the blood flowing, I enjoy. Spending as much time as I do in front of the computer, the farther away I can get from it post work the better. My ideal day would be to get up, run 10 miles then get on my bike for another 75 miles, and finish it off with some bouldering up on Flagstaff. Ah, sounds so good, dont tempt me!

What's your favorite thing about our community?
I enjoy seeing all the vitality that is on the site. Hearing how passionate people are about their own specific actions is refreshing to hear. With all the new people coming into the community each day, it is great to see so much potential coming in and knowing this new potential is adding to an already aware group is cool to be involved with. Changing the world does seem possible.

What do you like about working here:
I enjoy seeing and working with people and ideas that are centric to what I believe in. The core group of people here at Gaia and Gaiam, are 100% behind the initiatives that they speak about and ultimately sell to the public.

Meet the rest of the Gaia Team

Usually at this time of year you dont see too much wildlife running around in Boulder apart from ground hogs and deer. Well this weekend, I had a nice surprise when I came around a bend onto to have a black bear about 50 yards down the trail. I expect the reason she/he didnt see/smell me, was as I was down wind from her/him. Needless to say, I had to stop and wait to see what the bear decided to do. It just kept ambling down the trail until it decided to go off into the brush towards a stream bed. This gave me enough time and nerve to run past and keep on my way.

South Boulder has lots of Black Bears so it is not too uncommon to see them. Check out the latest route if you decide you want to do a little 'bear hunting'.

http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-states/co/boulder/538150157