About
Handle: Kicou
Pronouns: Him/He
Mastodon: @kicou@kicou.info
Follow this blog on the Fediverse: @kicou@blog.kicou.info
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Random stuff about me:
- I like to fool around with Linux and Open Source software in general
- je parle couramment le français et l'anglais
- I try to self-host as much as I can (e-mail, instant messaging, phone systems, video-conferencing, file storage, etc.) because I am paranoid about what big corporations can do with our data
- when I was a kid, some adults did very bad things to me —as a result I suffer from PTSD; I have undergone many years of treatment and therapy and finally had a big breakthrough in 2017: my life has taken a turn for the better since then
- I wish I was more social but the truth is that I am afraid of people in general; I am very grateful for digital communication
- in 2019 I found the courage to quit my job and set up shop as an independent consultant. It has been liberating: as well as removing the toxicity of the workplace environment from my life, it gives me the freedom to organise my work and my mental space as I see fit, all from the comfort of my home
- my biggest accomplishment is my family: my beloved wife unknowingly saved my life 25 years ago, and I was blessed with two wonderful children — they're great kids, even though they don't always fully appreciate my Dad jokes