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I'm Evan Prodromou, and I'm one of the two founders of Wikitravel. I'm a writer and programmer fromSan Franciscoliving inMontreal(ICBM: 45.52656, -73.58467).
My goal as a Wikitraveller is to channel other contributors' exuberance and knowledge to best meet ourgoals. With technology, community guidelines and policy, and day-to-day copyediting and re-structuring, I want to optimize the impact of Wikitravellers' efforts, and shorten the distance between editors and readers.
I have atodo listand sometools. I also have aworkspacewhere I test out new articles and ideas. On a personal note, I have awishlistof places I'd like to visit, and afriend-of-a-friendlisting page.
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Probably the best way to reach me is through mytalk page. Just edit the page and put in your message. I'm much more amenable to requests if you take the time to learn and use our local methods of communication.
Press and other people who don't bother adapting to local mores can contact me atevan@wikitravel.orgor at +1-514-554-EVAN.
You can also reach me on IRC asevanpro on freenode; I'm almost permanently in theWikitravel:IRC channel. I'm also on AIM asEvan Wikitravel.
I've got a half-baked home page athttp://evan.prodromou.name/.
I've volunteered as adocentfor some destinations. Feel free to contact me by any of the above electronic methods (please don't phone!) if you have questions about one of those places.
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In 2001 I got a generous layoff package from RSA Security and took the opportunity to quit the expensive hurly-burly SF lifestyle. I piled my belongings into the back of my beloved 1972 Citroen DS and spent the next 6 months alone driving aroundCanada, theUnited States, andMexico. I eventually settled inMontrealto write my first novel (still unfinished), then joined Maj inGenevafor a round-the-world trip including touringSoutheast Asiaand living inLisbonfor a season. We returned toMontrealin July 2003 for Maj to start graduate school at McGill University, and as a side-project started Wikitravel.
A year later, we were married on the platform of theBiosphèrein Montreal. Today, we're still living in Montreal, parents of a beautiful 2-year-old girl named Amita June. I work on Wikitravel full time doing development and system administration, and try to find time to write.