Briefly:

Born to eat, breathe and talk tech, "The Boris" is the consummate true believer in the power of open source and will almost certainly say "Drupal" within 30 seconds of meeting anyone. Growing up in idyllic Bowen Island, Boris left pastoral landscape to grab a B. Sc. in Computer Science (naturally) at U. Vic before trekking east to frosty Ottawa to advance new technologies like VoIP.

Returning to Vancouver, he convinced a rag-tag crew that Drupal is the only true path and thus begat the first-ever Drupal-powered commercial company, Bryght. He is a chronic event organizer/participant, frequently speaks to groups on open standards (no matter what the assigned topic is), and as a noted foodie, only the unwise turn down a dinner invitation. Now, as the marketing czar of the Drupal Association, he is likely to say "Drupal" twice in the first 30 seconds.

Factoids

Favorite City to Visit?

Barcelona

Favorite thing about living in Vancouver?

It's green. In many different ways

Why Drupal?

Because it's trying to change the world

Secret, super hero power?

Picking the best, most delicious item on any restaurant menu.

Beverage of choice?

Coffee. Or wine. Or beer.

Where/when did you first get online?

Bowen Island. The local Bowen Users Group BBS, Apple IIe, 300baud modem - CompuServe, after that

Website you actually go to often for fun not work?

Flickr

Favorite Raincity Studios project?

The future!

Fave dish (that you can actually cook)?

See http://foodlikethat.com .... I cook *a lot*

Raincity staffer most likely to win at Jeopardy?

Djun, for sure....

Favorite techie word/acronym?

RASH - Random Ass Shared Hosting

Fave photoshop tool?

Hubert

Fave "analog" tool?

Wooden cooking spoon

Another profession would you like to try?

Farmer

Favorite artistic era/movement?

err....I'm not that sophisticated

Rather attend Ballet or Opera or Symphony?

Symphony if forced to choose

Best concert ever?

tie between Ben Harper at Ottawa Blues Fest and James Brown, at a different Ottawa Blues Fest

Co-worker who makes you laugh?

Richard - King of one liners

What do you "bring to the table" at Raincity?

Fork and Knife

Your best tech skill?

High speed vegetable chopping

Country you want to visit that you've never been to?

South Africa

Where'd you go to school? Why?

University of Victoria. Far enough away from home

Three words of advice to younger developers?

Three phrases, instead: open source, live meetups, and co-op

At home: video games or movies?

Video games

What do you collect?

Friends