{"id":296,"name":"John Koetsier","url":"http:\/\/sparkplug9.com","description":"I\u2019m John. Glad you stopped by.\r\n\r\nI\u2019m an English major who got interested in technology a long time ago, spent four years leading a web development team, led product development for a major educational services company, and am starting up a Canadian office for <a href=\"http:\/\/easybits.com\">EasyBits<\/a>. I\u2019m also finishing a master\u2019s degree in educational technology.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sparkplug9.com\/\">Sparkplug 9<\/a> is a conglomeration of all my previous blogs. The archives go back to 2004, but I was blogging on other platforms (one roll-your-own that I built as an experiment) since before the word blog was invented.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/johnkoetsier\">View John Koetsier's profile on LinkedIn<\/a>\r\n\r\nOn a personal note I\u2019m 36, married, and have three kids (Gabrielle - 12, Ethan - 9, Aidan - 5). We live near Vancouver, British Columbia, though I work on both sides of the US-Canada border.\r\n\r\nI get passionate about aesthetics, design, and usability, and wonder if those three words are really just one concept. And I get excited about new ways of doing business and marketing \u2026 ways that respect people as people, ask more than answer, listen more than talk, try to serve, and, most importantly, create absolutely amazingly awesome stuff.\r\n\r\nI play ice hockey, among other sports, and read history, science fiction, and just about anything else. I like pieces in just about every genre of music except rap, hip hop, and death metal.\r\n\r\nThere\u2019s always more: people are only simple at a distance. Up close they\u2019re granular, craggy, and complex.\r\n\r\nBut I\u2019ve used the word \u201cI\u201d way too much already. So that\u2019s all I\u2019ll write here.\r\n\r\nHave a great day, and God bless.","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techmathscience\/author\/gilgames\/","slug":"gilgames","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d22b019a486eeaeeee97edc387572978ec8203c2b59a02838f65d887704d8865?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d22b019a486eeaeeee97edc387572978ec8203c2b59a02838f65d887704d8865?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d22b019a486eeaeeee97edc387572978ec8203c2b59a02838f65d887704d8865?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techmathscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techmathscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}