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jamesconnors 3 posts

I was thinking that it might be nice if members of the Ohana to introduce themselves to the rest of the community. Here's some basic questions to start off the discussion:

Name:

Location:

When you started listening to GNC:

Your Profession:

Favorite pizza topping:

One place you've always wanted to go to:

Mac or PC:

Happy posting!

jamesconnors 3 posts

Name: James Connors

Location: Boston, MA (currently Dublin, Ireland)

When you started listening to GNC: About a year ago

Your Profession: Student, podcaster, tech support

Favorite pizza topping: Chicken and roasted peppers

One place you've always wanted to go to: Space

Mac or PC: Apple!

barryj 2 posts
Hi all, Glad that Todd started this forum!

Name: Barry Furnival

Location: Jaffrey, NH

When you started listening to GNC: About 2 1/2 years ago

Your Profession: Software technical lead, podcaster

Favorite pizza topping: Meat! Pretty much any type.

One place you've always wanted to go to: (again) Hawaii

Mac or PC: Both... But mostly Mac these days
jppaynesr 10 posts

Name: Jon Payne Sr.
Location: Near Atlanta GA
When you started listening to GNC: sometime in 2006 I think
Your Profession: Global Product Manager & Lock Expert
Favorite pizza topping: anything organic - prefer veggies
One place you've always wanted to go to: Alaska
Mac or PC: LINUX! ( but I also have a PC & a MAC)

madmari 1 posts

Name: Mario Madej

Location: New Jersey

When you started listening to GNC: January 2005

Your Profession: Software Engineer

Favorite pizza topping: cheese

One place you've always wanted to go to: Hawaii

Mac or PC: Mac at home, unfortunately PC at work

techideout 1 posts

Name: Mark Gresak

Location: Pomona, CA

When you started listening to GNC: January 2007

Your Profession: Technology Manager

Favorite pizza topping: Pepperoni

One place you've always wanted to go to: Australia

Mac or PC: PC

ctiberg 5 posts

Name: Christian Tiberg

Location: Kristianstad, Sweden

When you started listening to GNC: 18-24 months ago

Your Profession: Programmer

Favorite pizza topping: Chicken, banana, curry, peanuts

One place you've always wanted to go to: Hell (at least it's warm all the time)

Mac or PC: PC for now, Mac if they were cheaper

briesansotta 18 posts

Name: Brie Sansotta

Location: Dale City, VA

When you started listening to GNC: From the first time I saw Todd had gone over to podcasting - the first podcast I ever heard was Todd's

Your Profession: IT Specialist, US Gov.

Favorite pizza topping: Mushroom, green peppers -wish I could eat it all the time - but have to watch my figure!!

One place you've always wanted to go to: Greece

Ciao for now, Brie in DC (today that is Dale City)

Mac or PC: PC home and at work

geeknews 20 posts

Name: Todd Cochrane
Location: Makakilo Hawaii

When you started listening to GNC: In a hotel room talking to myself recording the first show :)

Favorite Pizza Topping: Sausage, Sausage, Sausage

One place you always wanted to go: Australia

Mac or PC: Both Computer is a computer is a computer

susabelle 18 posts

Name: Susabelle
Location: High Ridge, Missouri, a 'burb of St. Louis
When you started listening to GNC: It was the first podcast I downloaded when I got my iPod in early April 2006. Haven't missed an episode since.
Your profession: Lab Manager/Adaptive Technologist at a college
Favorite Pizza Topping: Not a huge fan of pizza, but like everything.
One place You've wanted to go: Iceland and Greenland
Mac or PC: Both, although I'm an avowed PC person, just use the Mac once in a while so I can say I know how.

mattyg 6 posts

Name: Matthew Greensmith

Location: Melbourne Australia

When you started listening to GNC: Somewhere in the 40's

Your Profession: IT/Business consultant

Favorite pizza topping: Prociutto and thin slices of tomato with Mozeralle and Parmasan cheese

One place you've always wanted to go to: The pyramids at Giza

Mac or PC: Both

I promise I'll add a picture to my profile soon

mikejames 3 posts

Name: Mike 'Baldi' James
Location: Central Florida

When you started listening to GNC: Second podcast I ever listened too...came in somewhere around show #60

Favorite Pizza Topping: Pepperoni...there are others?

One place you always wanted to go: Space

Mac or PC: PC, Macs aren't bad, just overpriced and restrictive.

Been podcasting myself for 2 years now...even got my wife to do a show with me every week!

Interests: Photography and Science

purpleswein 1 posts

Name: Steve Weinreich

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

When you started listening to GNC: 1 year ago

Your Profession: Dental Technology Sales Specialist

Favorite pizza topping: Mushroom and Sausage...with extra sauce

One place you've always wanted to go to: The Philippines...visit wife's family!

Mac or PC: PC

jenso 1 posts

Name: Jens Soan

Location:Olen ,Belgium

When you started listening to GNC:almost a year ago

Your Profession:welder/ student webdesign

Favorite pizza topping: extra cheese with sausage and onions

One place you've always wanted to go to: united states of america

Mac or PC: pc

saskia 1 posts

Name: Saskia

Location: Iowa, USA (grew up in Amsterdam, Netherlands & Mainz, Germany)

When you started listening to GNC: approx. 1 1/2 yrs ago

Your Profession: Owner/Partner web site development and hosting company

(Favorite pizza topping: onions, mushrooms (not from a can), extra cheese, white sauce)
Favorite food: Sushi!!!

One place you've always wanted to go to: hawaii

Mac or PC: PC

lapidary 12 posts

Name: Jeffry E

Location: Chicago IL

When you started listening to GNC: June 30, 2005 (give or take)

Your Profession: Graphic design - Comic books and web pages

Favorite pizza topping: Why is is singular? I like so many toppings! Top 3 are:

  1. Pepperoni
  2. onion
  3. bell pepper

One place you've always wanted to go to: Madagascar

Mac or PC:Mac

norskvik 22 posts

This is a Great Forum

I started listening to GeekNewsCentral about 30 days ago. I like the format. Hawaii is a good base for any podcast.

norskvik 22 posts

Was a Stockbroker with Dean Witter & Co. Then started my own Company (Engineering Dynamics) in 1969. Am a C-7 Telecommunications and Computer contractor in California. My Son, Michael, owns Trinitronic specializing in Website Developement. I am also becoming a Real Estate Broker.

macpro 1 posts

Name: Mel

Location: Honolulu in front of my computer

When you started listening to GNC: About 2004 or 2005

Your Profession: Whatever I'm working on

Favorite pizza topping: Supreme (mixed)

One place you've always wanted to go to: Outer space

Mac or PC: MAC

God Bless America

abair01 8 posts

Name: Mike Abair

Location: Schenectady (Sken- neck -ta dee) Ny. Todd tried to pronounce it on his show one time and mutilated the hell out of it. But most people do :) its the home of the first tv station.

When you started listening to GNC: Early 20s I think

Your Profession: Psychiatric Case workers asst.
Favorite pizza topping: White Pizza with lots of Garlic

One place you've always wanted to go to: Back to Germany

Mac or PC: PC Vista

geekazine 1 posts

Name: Jeffrey Powers
Location: Fitchburg, WI

When you started listening to GNC: I can't remember. I was listening to a ton of Podcasts when I started Podcasting myself. I would guess it had to be around early 2006.

Your Profession: IT Specialist / Website owner / Podcaster
Favorite pizza topping: Sausage

One place you've always wanted to go to: New York (more than 20 minutes)
Mac or PC: Both

tech-teach 1 posts

Name: Shane
Location: Gold Coast, Australia

When I started listening: within the last year
Profession: Teacher

Pizza: Has to be Hawaiian (ham and pineapple)
Place to visit: Ayers Rock
Mac or PC: Never used a Mac, so PC it is

mortisult 4 posts

Name: Jim
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

When I started listening to GNC: a few months ago
Profession: Funeral Director and Small Business Computer Consultant

Pizza: Thin Crust, almost any toppings will do, except ham and pineapple! :)
Place to visit: Ireland
Mac/PC: Strong PC user, but have be contemplating trying out a Mac lately.

mrb4d 8 posts

Name: MR.B4D

Location: Wisconsin

When you started listening to GNC: more then a year ago

Your Profession: Student

Favorite pizza topping: Sausage

One place you've always wanted to go to: To my own little happy place...

Mac or PC: PC with Windows and Linux

whosingsit 2 posts

Great idea, James!

 

Name:   Matthew Reid

Location:   Philadelphia, PA USA

When you started listening to GNC: episode 50 (2nd podcast I ever listened to! Haven't missed one since! LOVE YA TODD!

Your Profession: radio personality, web entrepeneur

Favorite pizza topping: Sausage, Yellow & Red Peppers, Jalepenos if I'm feeling up for them!

One place you've always wanted to go to: Australia

Mac or PC: Both, of course


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Good enough...isn't


 

gark 1 posts

Name:Mark

Location:Cincinnati OH

When you started listening to GNC:November 2005

Your Profession:IT....trying to escape

Favorite pizza topping:bacon and onions

One place you've always wanted to go to:New Zealand

Mac or PC:Both

sgarcia3 10 posts
Name: Sam Garcia

Location: Ohana in Albuquerque

When you started listening to GNC: Early 2005

Your Profession: Web Servant of the Most High God at Calvary of Albuquerque

Favorite pizza topping: Pineapple

One place you've always wanted to go to: Disneyworld with my wife & Kids

Mac or PC: PC, Windowx XP still... Own Vista and brand new work PC, but IT Admin resists change

Favorite Podcast: GNC

Favorite thing to do on the web: Twitter http://twitter.com/WebServant

erk-pod 9 posts

Name: Erk

Location: Sydney, Australia

When you started listening to GNC: November/December 2007

Your Profession: Train Driver. Podcaster but not giving up my day job!

Favorite pizza topping: I don't eat Pizza.

One place you've always wanted to go to: NYC

Mac or PC: PC

Happy posting! Definitely! :)

norskvik 22 posts

Nothing. It is call the American way.

questor 2 posts

Name: Kent

Location: Nebraska

When you started listening to GNC: 18 months ago

Profession: Scanning Coordinator (UPC/Price Maintenance for Retail)

Favorite Pizza Topping: Hamburger, Mushroom, Onion, Black Olive, Xtra Cheese

One Place you've wanted to go: Germany

PC

courtenay27 1 posts
Name: Courtenay

Location: Columbus, OH, USA

When you started listening to GNC: Honestly, just in April 2008 when I first heard about the 31 Days of the Dragon Contest but it's now one of a few "dragon" involved sites that I've added to my startup tabs.

Your Profession: University Financial Aid Counselor

Favorite pizza topping: Black Olives, Mushrooms, Peppers, Tomatos, Pineapple, Pepperoni, Onions...

One place you've always wanted to go to: Galapagos Islands

Mac or PC: Used to own a white iBook but have been mainly PC for years.
josierosie 2 posts

Name: Lauren

Location: Houston, Texas

When you started listening to GNC: around show #285

Your Profession: Manager, Moderation Services

Favorite pizza topping: Like everything, even anchovies!

One place you've always wanted to go to: Just one?

Mac or PC: Mac for work, PC for personal

novarob 7 posts

Name: Rob Kettenring

Location: La Center, Washington, USA


When you started listening to GNC: Summer of 2005


Your Profession: Aircraft Interior Designer

Favorite pizza topping: Thin Crust Canadian Bacon & Roasted Garlic

One place you've always wanted to go to: Germany


Mac or PC: PC

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sentimental7 1 posts

Hello all!
I am sentimental7.