Wednesday, June 10, 2009

A Salute to Chris Christensen: Polymath

I gotta quickly give a shout out to Chris (the dude below) and his swell site for hooking me up with what I need! No...not a rifle and some old farm animals...


I have special needs with my comp. and after searching around for a program that multiplies the number of docks on your mac - such a simple concept, but not exactly one most developers feel like giving away for free - I came across this man's site and found Dockworker. Not only did his site provide me a sweet program that allows me to divide my dock up and get rid of all that crap that I keep there for a rainy day to the proper lonely backwater dock it deserves, but I discovered that the man is much, much more than a simple programmer. Oh, no. No, no, no! The man is a gin-u-wine rig-yu-ler polymath in the scope of Leonardo Da Vinci!


He programs...check, is the Executive Vice President of a major Silicon Valley social networking site: "My day job is as the Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations for LiveWorld internet community for major companies like Campbells, HBO, Tv Guide, American Express, History Channel, A&E, QVC, Mini Cooper, eBay and the NBA. LiveWorld has a joint venture with WPP which owns nearly half of the leading marketing agencies world wide."

But what really got me was the fact that he is an amateur poet on the side.
All I can say is that I am impressed.

He even writes a travel blog that has been featured in Men's Journal, The Chicago Sun Times, and some others. Actually, he's probably loaded, and I didn't take the time to read it - so I'd assume that kind of thing is a necessary when you Jet-Set to go clubbing in Ibiza one day and then to the U.A.E. for who knows what insane rich sins lie in wait for men of his calibur in the sands of paradise.

All I know is that Chris Christensen - I am proud to say that you my friend must be a regular Marquis De Sade underneath that happy, fluffy exterior. Cheers to a great man of our times and may all the forbidden fruits of the world await you, Mr. Christensen.




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