About This Blog
Who Wrote This?
I’m David Drucker, a musician-turned technologist, interested in how new devices and software can make people more powerful, creative or connected to others. I’m also an unapologetic liberal who became disgusted with the Bush regime, the religious conservatives who hijacked the government, and the intolerant, narrow-minded direction of the US and many of its citizens. In short, America wasn’t any longer the country that I grew up in.
After a long battle trying to stop the catastrophe that is George W. Bush and his henchmen, I voted with my feet. My wife and I moved to Canada. It may not be utopia, but I believe that Canada is a lot closer to my idea of how a country should be run and how its people should live. I’m continuing to write about our experiences as American émigrés in this blog, and hope that it may provide some insight and tips to others who might be thinking about doing the same thing, as well as perhaps providing a glimpse into the everyday experiences of some new Canadians-to-be.
We’ve heard and met other Americans who are contemplating the same. To all of you who are ready to make the leap, I’ll say to you what all of the people in Vancouver have said to us when we tell them where we’re from: Welcome.
Besides this blog, I write another blog that covers technology and User Interface Design, which is what I do for a living. It’s entitled with its URL, drucker.ca, which also shows that I’m proud of my new Canadian home and have adopted a .ca address for my professional life.
Why the Name “Loud Murmurs”?
I’ve always found the whole concept of blogging to be somewhat at odds with itself. Are these private thoughts? Are they public ones? For me, the act of blogging is kind of like grumbling (or murmuring) out loud. It’s not that I hadn’t planned on voicing these particular thoughts, or am embarrassed that they are now public, but the act of entering them into a weblog seems to amplify them. So, the posts in this blog are just that; mumbles with a megaphone.
Contacting Me
To avoid those SPAM email address harvesting programs that made one of my older email addresses that appeared on a web site of mine almost useless, I’ve incorporated a form. Please use this for initially contacting me, and I’ll respond via my email. Apologies for any inconvenience.
