After running my own open source software-focused business, Egressive, for 14 years, and then working for the open source company who acquired us, Catalyst IT, for two and a bit years, I'm ready to get back to my roots: the reason that I got into this technology business in the first place: learning, communicating, and devising great solutions to technical and societal problems.
The Business
To facilitate that return and provide a "vehicle for opportunity", I have recently (well, in 2015, heh heh) established a new company, with a working name of Lane Ventures Ltd - CN 5698556, NZBN 9429041747339.
You can peruse my Terms and Conditions of trade, or learn more about what's behind this site. If you're interested in discussing a business opportunity, a contracting gig, or another role, please contact me!
Bank Details
Lane Ventures uses Kiwibank. Payments (in NZ Dollars) can be made into 38-9016-0841390-00 LANE VENTURES LIMITED.
Tax Details
Lane Ventures GST: 116-803-771.
Private and Secure Communications
For signed and encrypted email communications, here are my GPG signature: 50EFAA94 and fingerprint: CE1E 5896 8D80 A78B E179 9E74 319B 083C 50EF AA94.
If you want video communications, I don't do MS Teams or Google Meet or Zoom, because they're proprietary software run by corporations for whom I have neither trust nor admiration... but thankfully every modern browser has the equivalent capability built-in with WebRTC, a proposed open web standard already implemented by Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chromium and its derivatives (like Brave & Opera among many others), and other libre browsers, like KDE's Konqueror. Even laggard Apple Safari supports it.
By prior arrangement, we can have secure (encrypted end-to-end) communication via one of the BigBlueButton instances I manage. It's a superb libre system, and I'm amazed that every government and school system in the world hasn't selected it over Zoom. But, sadly, not many savvy and principled tech people work in government or education policy.
Personal Stuff
Outside of libre (aka Free and Open Source) Software, technology-related communications and the other abilities I think I possess, I've got lots of other passions as well. Or, if you want to understand how I got into the 'open' thing.