ToddKenefsky

A brief ‘about me’ page for anybody interested…

Name: Todd Kenefsky
Occupation: CEO of Connect Interactive Media
Primary Language: English
Place of Residence: Portland, Oregon, USA
Sign: Scorpio
2nd Life Name Enrico Fabre
Email: [Last Name] at gmail dot com
You can find out more about me and stuff I do at my ClaimID page.

In a Nutshell
Danger Loving Visionary

Favorite Saying
Build your own ball field and make your own rules.

Legion of Tech is a nonprofit organization I founded with some friends dedicated to organizing events for the Portland technology community. These include:

• BarCamp Portland and BarCamp Portland Meetups BarCamp is an international network of unconferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies and social protocols;
• Startupalooza, a showcase, boot-camp and social networking event for technology startups.
• Ignite Portland, an educational event featuring creative presentations on a wide range of topics.

Top 5 Hobbies
Playing guitar
Cooking. My specialty is ‘cochina del sol’ (cuisine of the sun), ethnic foods from warm climates.
Listening to Podcasts
Fitness
Traveling

Top 5 Books (non-business)
Atlas Shrugged
48 Laws of Power
Hormonally Intelligent Exercise
Free to Choose
Dune

Top 5 Movies
High Noon
Amelie
Napoleon Dynamite
Blade Runner
Everything by Cohen Brothers
(See a list of my recently viewed movie recommendations here)

Top 5 Musicians/Bands
Miles Davis
Cassandra Wilson
Jimi Hendrix
Tom Waits
Medeski Martin & Wood

Top 5 TV Shows
Lost
Monday Night Football
Arrested Development
The Office
The Charlie Rose Show

Top 5 Restaurants
Patsy Grimaldi’s, Brooklyn NY & Scottsdale, AZ (Pizza) Crazy delicious!
Wild Ginger Seattle, WA. (Pan-Asian) The secret is knowing what to order. I used to go to WG when it was a tiny little place on Puget Sound (now a huge restaurant downtown). They still serve some of the great original meals for the “old timers”, but they aren’t on the menu.
Angelo’s of Mulberry Street, Little Italy, NY (Italian). Incredible food and it’s like walking onto the set of The Sopranos.
Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House, Las Vegas. So good it’ll make you say “BAM!”
Ken’s Artisan Pizza, Portland, OR (Pizza)

Top 5 Food
Chocolate (Dark only. Milk chocolate isn’t really chocolate and white chocolate is just for decoration)
Enchiladas
Pizza. But only authentic Italian style with super thin crust.
BBQ ribs (beef)
BLT sandwich with avocado

Top 5 Open Source Apps I Use
Firefox (browser) Get it. Use it. Do it now. You’ll thank me.
Thunderbird (email client) From the same nice people that make Firefox.
Open Office (office suite) Just like Microsoft Office but 100% cheaper.
Gimp (image editor) Like Photoshop but clunky and hard to use.
Audacity (audio editor)

Top 5 FAQ’s
Q: Do you have a Frequently Asked Questions section on your blog?
A: Yes

Q: How frequently are these questions really asked? When I go to most Web sites with an FAQs section the questions there are never really the questions I want to ask, so I’m thinking that they aren’t questions real people like me ask much, if at all. Am I right, or am I just being cynical?
A: Yes.

Q: What do you mean, “yes?” It was an either/or question. You can’t just say “yes.” You weren’t even listening properly, were you?
A: No.

Q: What would Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols say about you and your blog if he were alive today?
A: Bollocks.

Q: Can I ask another question?
A: No. Goodbye.

Anything Else?
I have the best Pandora stations in the world. One is called “East Side Drug House Jazz-Funk Groove Mix” and it’s absolutely kickin’! The other is Downtown Cocktail Lounge. It’s equally cool, just more chill. Click the link in the right column to check them out.