I am a cyber-entrepreneur and social-entrepreneur in Detroit, Michigan.
I am a high-valued-added person that grows people, places and things I care about.
I grew up in central Michigan; went to college in Ohio; and now live, work and volunteer in
Detroit.
My interests include:
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These interests have manifested themselves as companies and Web applications and sites:
- Web sites
- "Map of Detroit parcels of property" - approx 1997 - a map of downtown Detroit showing the parcels of property which where hotlinks to info about their owners and their contact info. Designed to use this new thing called the Internet to disseminate this info and bring in developers and rebuild Detroit
- detroitskyscrapers.com - approx 1998 - '02 - back when no one was making Web sites about Detroit, photos and information about the 30 tallest skyscrapers in Detroit, to use this new thing called the Internet to share with the world a great thing about Detroit that the big, regular news outlets weren't covering
- de-twa.com - approx 2000 - '03 - an introduction and guide to Detroit designed to get young professionals to move in, well before Richard Florida wrote his book
- Web applications
- detroitpreservation.com - approx 2000 - '03 - a database-backed web site that "made a market" for people who wanted to buy or fix up an old house or building in Detroit and places for sale and real estate and craftspeople who did that kind of work.
- detroitmetrics.org - 2012 - a control panel that dynamically graphs several important quality-of-life metrics to show hard data/numbers about how Detroit's leaders are doing
- Companies
- web4000.com - 2000 - '03 - designed Web sites for small businesses
- work-flow.biz - 2009 - '10 - a sophisticated work flow applications that allowed businesses to operate more efficiently and profitably
- DMCI - " "
- DPS - " "
- Koper Properties - " " - several times attempted to raise the money to rehabilitate beautiful, old, vacant buildings in Detroit
- Web projects
- Stop-motion Detroit youTube video - 996 photos of a walking tour of downtown Detroit set to music stop-motion style to show the cool urbanity of Detroit and attract money, residents and visitors into the City
- Historic Mansion Rehab tour youTube video - A youTube video of a tour of a run-down mansion a young couple is restoring. Designed to attract more residents into the City and retain young couples and couples with young children
last updated 3/7/12