So, who is Chris J Davis?
I am a Speaker, Author, Developer and Designer among other things. Unfortunately these terms do not define me, but describe who I am now.
Everyday it seems that I learn a new facet to my Chris-ness which of course usually either frightens me, or excites me; after 30 years, it usually just frightens me.
The Day job
Let's see though. There are some things that I can answer. I live in Central Kentucky with my beautiful wife Heather and my son Jakob (the cutest child in the world), and I am currently employed as the Web Architect for Asbury College in Wilmore, Ky.
I am an international speaker on technology, having spoke at ApacheCon Europe 2005 in Stuttgart, Germany and at ApacheCon US 2005 in San Diego. Most recently I spoke at ApacheCon US 2006 in Austin, TX. I will be speaking in Amsterdam in April at ApacheCon Europe 2008. See you there!
My life is surprisingly good, most days I can't believe that I have been this lucky. We moved into our first "home we own" 3 years ago, and are systematically making it more us. Three rooms down, 5 to go!
What is with this Orthodoxy?
I am American Orthodox. The Orthodox church was established in the first chapters of Acts and continues today around the world largely unchanged. For more info on American Orthodoxy you can go over here, or you could always surf over there.
Here are some things I have said about my trek into orthodoxy:
You can find more by Exploring My Soul.
Heather and I are part of a thriving, dynamic mission that seems to double in number every year or two. We are the only OCA parish in Kentucky, which is both scary and exhilirating, being a part of what these people are doing here in Kentucky.
Any Education to speak of?
I attended Asbury College in Wilmore Kentucky where I studied Art and English mainly, with a little Media Communications thrown in for fun. My emphasis whilst studying art were Figure Drawing and Sculpture, although I dabbled in Painting and Photography as well.
My time there was a mix of miracles and purgatory, I was fortunate to study with some of the finest artists working today in any school or emphasis; but was forced to swallow a large amount of fundementalist ideaology.
Anything else, man you are wordy.
I am an avid Apple user, and love to introduce people to the Nirvana that is using a mac. I have written some software for the mac, OS 9 as well as X.
I have put that on hold for the time being as I have been pouring most of my (ha!) free time into helping to develop a new blogging platform Habari which powers this site.
I think that is enough for now.
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- Basic Thinking Blog » Wordpress: K2 Template - Bleeding Edge » [...] Das K2 - Template für Wordpress 1.5.2. ist eine Entwicklungsarbeit von Michael Heilemann (Binary Bonsai) und Chris Davis. Und es ist wirklich ziemlich modern, was die momentanen Möglichkeiten angeht (AJAX halt, was sonst :-). Die Feature Liste: [...]
- Dressing up at # blog.apushoehle.de » [...] Dem regelmäßigen Leser meines Blogs (davon muss es Hunderte geben bei der Frequenz meiner Einträge ) dürfte aufgefallen sein, dass mein Blögchen wieder mal in einem neuen Template erstrahlt. Diesmal ist es das K2 - Template, das von von Michael Heilemann und Chris Davis entwickelt wird. Michael Heilemann? Ja genau der, der das etwas übermäßig eingesetzte Standard-Wordpress-Theme Kubrick entworfen hat, arbeitet zusammen mit Chris Davis an einem Nachfolger names K2. Hier mal ein Überblick über die Features (entnommen von Basis Thinking Blog, durch den ich auch auf dieses Theme aufmerksam geworden bin): [...]
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Stroll on over and visit Carl S
March 1, 2007
Hey Chris, I have been contacting all the bloggers that I know and respect about a certain topic, Invisible Children. It sounds alittle funky I know, but if you would visit my site and read my post about it I would be deeply honored. Thank you for your time,
~Carl
Stroll on over and visit Jordan Schroder
March 8, 2007
Hey Chris, I've been looking in vain for your email address on this site. I'm trying to connect/network directly with alberta bloggers for an upcoming project, and I was hoping you could point me in the right direction? Is there a mailing list or forum where everyone congregates? I'd appreciate a quick note by email, whenever you've got time. Great site btw.
best,
jordan schroder
Stroll on over and visit Alan H
March 21, 2007
Hey Chris! Also looking for contact information. I'd like to interview you for CreativeXpert, the Design Interview podcast. Please contact me & delete this if it looks jankety.
Stroll on over and visit Sharon Perry
April 2, 2007
Just wanted to comment on the title tag line... this is the first time I've seen Sting quoted, much less the song "Straight to My Heart". Great song! :)
Stroll on over and visit Peter F
May 24, 2007
Habari looks to be a refreshing change of pace that is Wordpress. Thanks for the effort.
Stroll on over and visit Chris J Davies
May 26, 2007
Just doing some ego-surfing on Google, and found another Mad Cow (CJD).
Is the J for John too???
Stroll on over and visit telephone systems
May 26, 2007
"I am an avid Apple user, and love to introduce people to the Nirvana that is using a mac" me too,:)
Stroll on over and visit Joseph Hepple
June 5, 2007
Congratulations on your first new home, I'll get there, too, one of these days. And Also having a little one around truly is a great blessing!
Stroll on over and visit Dugu
June 23, 2007
Well, if Habari blogs will look like this one, they will have loads of success.
Best regards
Stroll on over and visit Jason Howell
July 12, 2007
Hello
I am writing to find out if you have any availability on your site for Text Link Advertising.
If not do you have any other pages or sites that you offer Text Link Advertising?
I have two sites.
Both sites would contain POSTCARDS,FLYERS and BUSINESS CARDS content.
They are fairly new sites.
If you would be so kind, please send me the available links or location and the rate per month.
Thank You Kindly,
Jason Howell
P.S. Sorry if you receive this three but the form rejected me the first two times.
Stroll on over and visit SEO Guru Todd
August 11, 2007
Hi Chris, the blog looks great, can you tell us some more about possible features? Will the software be available as an open source release some day? Habari looks great so far keep up the great work.
Stroll on over and visit Chris J. Davis
August 11, 2007
Hey Todd.
Habari is open source, and is available for download right now. Check out Habariproject.org for more information.
Stroll on over and visit Randy Goldberg
August 14, 2007
Chris,
Any room for one more text link sponsor?
Let me know
Regards,
Randy Goldberg
Stroll on over and visit SEO Guru Todd
August 16, 2007
Very cool Chris, thanks. I have downloaded and am going to install this now. If I come across any issues I will let you know.
I am excited about getting this going!
Best,
Todd
Stroll on over and visit Troy Worman
April 19, 2008
Awesome blog...