About Me
Arbitrary User is the personal site of me, Jonathan Endersby, a 28 year old writer, photographer, pointless storyteller, tech addicted fool, open source evangelist, libertarian hippie, software developer and business analyst.
I live in Cape Town (South Africa) with my awesome girlfriend Lynnae who is a chef and is ‘in media’.
I believe that the world is more fascinating than religion would have you believe. I believe mankind can be good. I believe in erring on the side of optimism rather than erring on the side of pessimism. I believe that being a good person is more important than being successful.
I take pictures. They are available for public consumption here.
I write about my life, the things that happens in it and the stuff I think about the stuff that happens in my life. Sometimes I piss people off. I don’t mind. Not everyone can like me.
I am not a particularly big fan of long walks on the beach but can be persuaded to do so if it means I’ll score points. I like food. I think I can tell the difference between good food and bad food. Some people disagree… mostly the people who make the bad food.
I am a happy person… It takes a lot to get me down. I roll with the punches and fight back… and I’ll fight back fairly but ferociously.
I think about business more than pretty much anything else. I am fascinated by the simplicity and complexity of it. Business is after all the simple matter of giving stuff to other people in exchange for their money… so why can’t we all do it excellently?
When I am programming I do so in a myriad of open source languages and frameworks. Whatever fits the job best.
I use Linux (Ubuntu mostly). I don’t do windows. The only person who gets me to help them with Windows is my mom.
You can contact me via email at arbitraryuser at that google mail place domain. I am also similarly available via google talk.