Briefly:

A veritable social media factory, Roland began blogging in 1999 and regularly contributes his wit and knowledge about mobile technology, Vancouver's best restaurants, and tech meetup recaps - along with an epic Flickr photostream - to the global online conversation.

Although a technologist at heart - Roland is a systems design engineer - as a co-founder of Bryght, Roland created a prototype for candid, company blogging with his enthused and informative style.

Born in the Philippines, raised in Canada - shoveling snow and playing hockey in a small town in Ontario near Niagara Falls - Roland speaks better German and French than Tagalog. He enjoys snapping blurry camera phone photos while Skytrain-ing or riding his bike on icy streets to Gastown.

Factoids

Favorite City to Visit?

Florence, italy

Favorite thing about living in Vancouver?

Chinese food

Why Drupal?

The community and the platform

Secret, super hero power?

computer and human language trivia

Beverage of choice?

Macchiato

Underrated rock band?

Any British power pop band

Where/when did you first get online?

1984 Ottawa, Ontario

Fictional character you'd like to have a beer with?

Jean Luc Picard

Website you actually go to often for fun not work?

http://theonlinephotographer.com

Hobby you hardly ever talk about?

i talk about everything

Fave dish (that you can actually cook)?

Mapo tofu

Raincity staffer most likely to win at Jeopardy?

Richard

Favorite techie word/acronym?

emacs

Fave "analog" tool?

My bicycle

Another profession would you like to try?

Simultaneous german to english translator

Favorite artistic era/movement?

dadaism

Rather attend Ballet or Opera or Symphony?

Opera

Best concert ever?

The Cure / Fine Young Cannibals mid 80's canada's wonderland

Co-worker who makes you laugh?

Richard

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

Dabbling

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

Japan - ohhhhh the noodles

Where'd you go to school? Why?

University of Waterloo because it was the hardest to get into

Three words of advice to younger developers?

Learn many systems

Fave Drupal module?

views

At home: video games or movies?

movies

What do you collect?

nothing collecting is obsolete, but ok mobile gadgets

Drupal module you want to build?

Twitter done right i.e. with xmpp

Fave word?

Ciao tschuess!

Favorite Canadian?

John A Macdonald

Favorite Canadien?

Wilfred Laurier