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| − | '''Welcome to my little pocket of the AboutUs Universe!'''
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| − | Odds are if you've landed on this page you've seen my edits somewhere on the [[WikiWiki|wiki]] or I've left you a talk message.
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| − | I'm a wiki expert who has made over 20,000 edits to various wikis and led countless wiki projects and mediated numerous wiki-based edit conflicts. I live in Portland, OR and works as a technology and wiki writer and consultant for [[AboutUs.org]] and other websites.
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| − | Until recently, I was a full-time [[AboutUs]] employee working primarily as a co-organizer for the [[:Category:Content Team|Content Team]]. A few months ago, I took a step back and officially left the company to pursue some creative writing-based activities. However, the nature of wiki as it is (addictive), I've been back around a bit lately, lending a hand as a consultant to create templates to simplify wiki-adoption. Some of the work I've been doing can be seen on [[AboutUsTemplateToolbox]]. I also can be read regularly on the [http://blog.aboutus.org AboutUs Weblog] at http://blog.aboutus.org
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| − | Outside of AboutUs, I'm one of the original founders/organizers for the Portland [[WikiWednesday.org|WikiWednesday]] group which meets monthly to discuss wiki and provides resources and instruction on wiki technology and philosophy to a variety of non-profit groups in the Portland area.
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| − | I was '''[[:Category:AwardedACaricature|AwardedACaricature]]''' [[Image:TakCaricature.jpg|50px]]
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| − | Before getting the wiki bug, I spent over 10 years as a journalist, including a stint as news director for a community radio station, receiving journalism awards from both the Washington Publishers Association, the [[SPJWash.org|Society for Professional Journalism]] and the [[AP.com|Associated Press]]. Additionally, I was one of the founders and co-publishers of ''[[WaywardCouch.com|Ellipsis... Literary Serials and Narrative Culture]]'', a nationally-distributed literary journal highlighting the long lost tradition of the literary serial.
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| − | As a technology aficionado and believer in shared knowledge, I also have taught writing and technology in after school programs in Oregon and Colorado.
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| − | I hold a Master's Degree in Creative Writing from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at [[Naropa.edu|Naropa University]] in [[Wikitravel:Boulder|Boulder, CO]]; my undergraduate degree is in communications from [[Evergreen.edu|The Evergreen State College]] in [[Wikitravel:Olympia (Washington)|Olympia, WA]].
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| − | My short fiction and poetry have been published by a variety of small literary journals. I have a weblog at [[DrunkenDumbshow.com]].
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| − | If you have any questions, feel free to ask, if I can't answer them, I'll try to find someone who can! If you don't want to leave a message here, you can always [[Special:Emailuser/TakKendrick|Send me a private email]]
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| − | <br/><center><big>'''"Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies — 'God damn it, you've got to be kind.' "'''</big></center>
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| − | <div style="float: right;">-- '''Kurt Vonnegut''', ''God Bless You Mr. Rosewater.''</div>
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| − | <center><big>'''"If I work hard as I can in my life, I may be able to end up building this thing that nobody can tear down after I'm gone."'''</big></center>
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| − | <div style="float: right;">-- '''Jerry Garcia'''</div>
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| − | <center><big>'''"My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here."'''</big></center>
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| − | <div style="float: right;">-- '''Jim Henson'''</div>
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| − | <br/><center><big>'''"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.'"'''</big></center>
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| − | <div style="float: right;">-- '''The Beatles''', ''The End''</div>
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| − | * [[Special:Contributions/TakKendrick|See my contributions]] to [[AboutUs]]
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| − | * Current book recommendations:
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| − | ** [[CormacMcCarthy.com|Cormac McCarthy's]] ''[[Wikipedia:The Road|The Road]]'' (winner of the 2007 [[Pulitzer.org|Pulitzer Prize]]). McCarthy is quite possibly one of America's greatest living authors and ''[[Wikipedia:The Road|The Road]]'' stands along-side ''[[Wikipedia:Blood Meridian|Blood Meridian]]'' as one of his best.
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| − | ** I really enjoyed [[Wikipedia:Haruki_Murakami|Murakami's]] latest, ''[[Wikipedia:After_Dark_%28novel%29|After Dark]]'', although if you've never read [[Wikipedia:Haruki_Murakami|Murakami]], I recommend ''[[Wikipedia:Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World|Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World]]'' most.
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| − | * My favorite non-[[AboutUs]] wikis are:
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| − | ** [[Wookieepedia.com]] -- Everything related to the [[StarWars.com|Star Wars]] universe
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| − | ** [[TVIV.org]] -- A wiki about TV shows: past, present and even future, with episode listings, casts and crew notes and more. This [[WikiWiki|wiki]] can use some love in some ways, but it's a good resource that has the potential to be great.
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| − | ** [[wikiHow.com|wikiHow.com]] -- How-to guides anyone can contribute to. It's just awesome what they have there.
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| − | * If I'm not sitting behind my computer, I'm probably at:
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| − | ** [[Powells.com|Powell's City of Books]]
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| − | ** [[EverydayMusic.com|Everyday Music]]
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| − | ** [[MusicMillennium.com|Music Millenium]]
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| − | ** <strike>[[SeattleMariners.com|A Seattle Mariners baseball game]]</strike> Home waiting for baseball season.
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| − | * Meet me for lunch at:
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| − | ** [[ThaiLahnna.com|ThaiLahnna]]
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| − | ** [[SuperdogPDX.com|Superdog]]
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| − | ** and desserts at [[PixPatisserie.com|Pix Pâtisserie]]
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| − | * [http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=User_Talk:TakKendrick&action=edit§ion=new Leave me a new message]
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| − | * [[Special:Emailuser/TakKendrick|Send me a private email]]
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| − | * Send a regular email to me at <email>d31805d76fa88050e52e1f8227d28566</email>
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| − | * You can also read my archived messages:
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| − | **[[User talk:TakKendrick/Archive/Archive7|October 1, 2007 - November 31, 2007]]
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| − | **[[User talk:TakKendrick/Archive/Archive6|August 1, 2007 - September 31, 2007]]
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| − | **[[User talk:TakKendrick/Archive/Archive5|June 1, 2007 to July 31, 2007]]
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| − | **[[User talk:TakKendrick/Archive/Archive4|March 2007 to May 31, 2007]]
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| − | **[[User talk:TakKendrick/Archive/Archive3|February 2007 to March 2007]]
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| − | **[[User talk:TakKendrick/Archive/Archive2|January 2007 to February 2007]]
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| − | **[[User talk:TakKendrick/Archive/Archive1|August 2006 to January 2007]]
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