Briefly:

Resident support monk with patience equaled only by Nobel Prize winners, Richard carries a rare combination of innately understanding the inner-workings of the code, as well as intrinsically understanding the importance of publishing quality content to enrich the online experience.

Affably able to chat about urban planning, Icelandic hockey, Drupal deployments and remote Vancouver neighborhoods, Richard is the undisputed king of one-liners, an endless font of troubleshooting rationality, and the guy who keeps an eye on Urban Vancouver.

Factoids

Favorite City to Visit?

Portland, Oregon

Favorite thing about living in Vancouver?

It's Richard-sized

Why Drupal?

Boris force-fed me the Kool-Aid. Then I realized I could understand how it was architected and reverse-engineer it, and that it was a lot more flexible than a blogging platform to manage a site.

Secret, super hero power?

None, they're all well-known

Beverage of choice?

Coca-cola

Underrated rock band?

Digital Underground, the funky pranksters of hiphop

Where/when did you first get online?

1993 or so sneaking onto BBSs. Then 1995 by sneaking into the journalism lab at school

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

Horatio Caine, though he probably wouldn't look me in the eye

Website you actually go to often for fun not work?

Yahoo! Games

Hobby you hardly ever talk about?

The ones I struggle with.

Favorite Raincity Studios project?

Whenever someone asks me that, I always accidentally pick the one that caused the company the most pain. So whatever that one was.

Fave dish (that you can actually cook)?

Spaghetti

Raincity staffer most likely to win at Jeopardy?

Me. Or Mark Yuasa.

Favorite techie word/acronym?

SCSI. Which I pronounce skizzy

Fave photoshop tool?

Smudge. Because it sounds cool.

Fave "analog" tool?

Spudger. Ditto.

Another profession would you like to try?

Pilot or train operator

Favorite artistic era/movement?

Now. This is the golden age

Rather attend Ballet or Opera or Symphony?

Ballet

Best concert ever?

Lyrics Born, he knows how to work a crowd

Co-worker who makes you laugh?

They all do

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

Diagnosing and fixing a problem in a way that doesn't make people feel stupid, because they're not.

Your best tech skill?

PHP

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

Germany.

Where'd you go to school? Why?

SFU. Because I didn't want to go to Uvic (too close to home, Victoria's too British) and because I didn't get into UBC. Also, I had gone to a basketball camp the year before, and didn't mind the campus.

Three words of advice to younger developers?

Study Mandarin Chinese

Fave Drupal module?

Ping module. Otherwise how would strangers know about my site?

A fave Drupal site?

Planetizen. http://www.planetizen.com/

At home: video games or movies?

Both!

What do you collect?

Books, but collecting just leads to more stuff, so I now believe in bookshelf sustainability.

Drupal module you want to build?

Startup Creation Kit

Fave word?

Epitome. I love how it's spelled and how it sounds.

Favorite Canadian?

My dad

Favorite Canadien?

Yvan Cournoyer