Hello, I'm Thomas. I'm a resident of Paris in France.
My pseudo 'PicoMedia' reflects my modest but keen contribution to the global flow of information.
I discovered the Wiki project in August 2004, and have since then spent many days (and many nights) trying to get wiser as I was clicking through the articles. I noticed that I rarely get to the end of an article, since there is a tremendous amount of links that take me further and further away from my initial point of departure. I haven't taken the wikiholic test, but I'd guess that I'd get a high score.
I use Wikipedia on a daily basis both at work and at home. It is invaluable to get quick and accurate information on various topics. I design electronic systems in general and write firmware in particular for a living, and my personal interests include and go beyond embedded systems design:
- Scuba Diving in general and Technical Diving in particular
- Industrial IT: Embedded systems
- Automatic Control: Start with Nyquist if you want to know what it's about
- Project management: The art of getting something done within the allocated time and resources
- Group Dynamics: How people react and evolve in a group
- Structure Analysis of organisations in general
- Music: Michael Nyman, Philip Glass, Pink Floyd, Front 242, Jacques Brel, Léo Ferré
- The Armed Conflicts of the 20th Century: WWI, WWII, The Korean war, The Vietnam war, ...
- Intercultural and interlinguistical relationships: how languages influence eachother
- Literature: Emile Zola, Coetzee, Göran Tunström, Björn Ranelid, my childhood hero Jules Verne
- The History of Technology: the Mercury project
- Cooking: French, Chineese, Nordic, North African, ...
- Maths: Topology, operational research, set theory
- Travelling: France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Egypt, ...
- Modern art: Marcel Duchamp, Mark Rothko, ...
- and a lot more
I recently decided to join the members, to support Wikipedia's development. From now on, November 2004, I hope to share some of my humble knowledge with the world. I guess that will mostly contribute to the english wikipedia, since that's the one I usually consult. But I'll also try to contribute to the french and swedish wikis as well. (Yes, that's right, I've got some very strong Swedish ties.) Last time I checked, the French wikipedia was a bit ahead of the Swedish, but consider that Sweden has only about an eigth of the french population...
Contributions edit
Articles I started edit
- This page...
- Göran Tunström
- Björn Ranelid
- Diving Unlimited International
Articles I've contributed to edit
- Quite a few, but usually I don't keep track of my contributions
Other contributions edit
links edit
Click here to be taken to PicoMedia's French double.
Click here to be taken to PicoMedia's Swedish double.
Click here to be taken to my homepage.