I'm from Colorado but I have spent the last ten years working in ministry in China. While there I was offering leadership and strategy consultation for ministries and business leaders. I have a tech background, but it's way back.
That said, I have kept on top of most of the trends in technology as I'm obsessed with it (hence why I read HN), and I am a skilled salesman.
I have managed as few as 3 people, and as many as 150.
If you need someone with people skills who understands your technology and can communicate it in layman's terms, I'm your man. If you need leadership/management, a salesmen, or just have a big concept you need to make in to a reality (non-software project management)—contact me.
I communicate well and am ready to get back in the tech world now that I'm in the U.S. again.
Finally, I speak Chinese well (if that matters to you), and the first program I ever wrote was in AWK.
I'm genuinely embarrassed that this seems so revolutionary. Brilliant, but seems like it shouldn't be strikingly so... as though it SHOULD have been done before.
Here's my thought. I don't read a whole lot of "crap fiction." I typically read the kind of books i want to reference later and would like to lend to people.
If I could lend books an unlimited number of times (as i should be able to), I would never buy another hardcover again.
As it is, I often end up finding a book I think I'd like to lend out, since I can only lend once ever on kindle, i buy a hardcopy used book (giving nothing to the publisher) for a few dollars used, then download an ebook copy pirated and read it on my kindle....
ticks me off that this is potentially the best thing since sliced bread and I'm fearful the model will be broken for the rest of my life due to these fools.
if i could lend books i would buy books like crazy from amazon, everything from amazon, and the publishers would get something. as it is, i buy rights to the book used and then read it how i want.