Me
My name is Matt Johnston (Matthew to very close friends and family) and I’m a 35 year old bloke living in Northern Ireland. I have four wonderful kids, Izaak, Meggan, Jake and Noah, and I’m married to a wonderful woman who never stops inspiring me.
cimota has been my domain of choice for a few years now and represents my main contact email address.
The content on here ranges from the personal to the professional and about the only thing I don’t have on here is my gaming stuff, which has it’s own space on the IntarWebs.
So, this will likely document the doings of an Irishman, in Ireland (Northern) doing what he loves. Part-time technologist, part-time Manager, part-time entrepreneur, part-time dad.
My background is in Enterprise Networks but most of my recent work revolves around project management and team interfacing along with the tough decisions required around making sure your business decisions echo integrity and honesty. As an outspoken person, I’ve almost talked myself out of several jobs but stand as living proof that speaking out, even in a $BIG_COMPANY does not damage your career. I’ve given talks and written a lot about entrepreneurship, bedouin business and new technology.
I love blogging. Lots. I started a livejournal a few years ago but quickly got frustrated with it. Hmm, wonder if I can get my data out of there… My rants represent the stream of consciousness stuff that flows out of my head. At this point I’m really interested in free WiFi, bedouin working and ubiquitous, continuous connectivity. I’m vocal about Information Technology in education, motivated about mobile content and am lucky enough to count some incredibly creative people from all over the world among my close friends.
I run the Northern Ireland Mac User Group, I own Mac-Sys Ltd. I host dozens of web sites for friends and clients at my hosting company, host.io. I write copiously (technology punditry and commentary here, creative writing at lategaming, I’ve done some copy work for local companies before and from 1996 to 2001, I published three books, one of them reaching a second edition as well as a couple of eBooks in PDF form. I’ve recently started XCake.org with a couple of people I met in a coffee shop one evening.
Phone me +447515352971
Follow me on Twitter as cimota.
Follow me on identi.ca as cimota if it ever takes off.
Send me a Wave at mjohnstn@googlewave.com
Race me on Mario Kart Wii: 0044-3014-6527
Buddy me on Wii: 8647-1132-7027-1923