I’m an innovative geek who wants to change the world through the power of Interactive Video.
I am the co-founder of Films on the Fly, a startup company which is creating a plaform based around Multipath storytelling and Collaborative Communities.

The Remainderman

I used to run Grey Phoenix Productions, which was a small multimedia company which specialised in studio portrait and wedding photography. I also did some website design and hosting work with the occasional film project. I closed Grey Phoenix Productions down to focus on Films on the Fly.

I also founded the South Australian Zeitgeist Movement chapter. I ran it until May 2011 when I moved to Sydney for a few months to focus on Films on the Fly. I still run Zeitgeist-Info.com and am working with ZeitStudios and the Zeitgeist Transition Ideas Team.

The many clones of Michael

Religion : I’m too philosophical to have a religion, although classify myself as Atheist, I still get a kick out of Venganza.

Past Interests

Electronics & Robotics – Especially Pic Microcontroller based, although also used Lego Mindstorms, and even competed in Italy at the International Robocup Challenge.
3D Animation - I still want to get back into this, but haven’t had the time. I primarily used 3D Studio Max v4, and loved playing with particle effects, including Aura, and Glue3D but would like to learn Houdini and Blender given the chance.
Compositing – While I’ve played around with Combustion, and had a brief look at After Effects, I am still looking for a good compositing application when I start integrating SFX and 3D with live action.
Aviation – Getting my Private Pilots License before I could drive taught me a lot about weather, navigation, and also gave me the confidence to tackle nearly anything, even if it was expensive for someone still at high school. One day I would love to get my Aerobatics rating in a glider.
Running – I competed in the 100Km relay 3 times at school, and have done multiple City to Bay fun runs. I thank my Dad for the encouragement, and perseverance while we trained together.

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Suggested Reading :

Sophies World. A great introduction to philosophy, and some of the early, prominent philosophers. The novel itself has some good twists in it, and it helped to really open my mind when I was younger. In fact, I read this in primary school, and it introduced me to the idea of Atoms through Democritus‘ ideals, before being taught the scientific way at High School. This book is really a must read for anyone who has not already studied philosophy, or who has the inquiring mind to ask ‘Where do we come from?‘, and ‘Who are we?‘.

Cradle to Cradle. This book is a great start to changing the way industry creates things.

Drive by Dan Pink. This is a MUST read for anyone who has to manage or motivate anyone. It explains Intrinsic motivation (doing it because you want to) versus the current norm of extrinsic motivation (doing it because you’ll be money).

Do you manage or motivate anyone? Because it changed my life so much I’m going to embed Dan Pinks RSA Animate talk on Intrinsic Motivation below. I highly recommend you watch it.