I don’t do anything of consequence.
I walk my dogs, make coffee for my better half, and read.
“I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed.”
For a brief time I was IBM's Corporate Webmaster. The Corporate Webmaster was responsible for running ibm.com and managing the technical side of IBM's global web presence. It was sort of like today's CTO role but without the cool hats.
In my spare time I also worked in some sort of technical role on the Deep Blue vs. Kasparov web site, and the 1996 and 1998 Olympic Games web sites.
In 1999 I left ibm.com to manage the content and applications team for the Sydney Olympic Games web site. Working on the Olympic Games full time was an eye opening experience. Learned a lot. Flew a lot.
I took a sabbatical starting in February 2001 and picked the single worst week in New York City history to return to working for IBM.
I left IBM at the end of 2001 to work for and get fired from a series of startups in New York City. Seventeen startups. Zero successful exits. One picnic basket.
I am typically “epc” or “epcostello” on various sites.