:user:BrooklynBen

Hello. I'm Ben.

I've been editing Wikipedia since 2010. I have a great love of the product, I've been a long time supporter of the organziation, have been lucky enough to work with a few "more significant" Wikipedia editors, and even supported Katherine Maher a few times.

My knowledge on specific Wikipedia topics is likely better than my technical skill set, so I have no problem if someone wants to critique me in how I do citations or page structures. And please DO INDEED write to me or use my talk page to help me improve! Let me know when I'm not properly structuring things or documenting correctly.

In my civilian life, I'm a dilettante, interested in many areas of modern life (and master of few). Here are topics on which you might find entries from me. Again, I welcome any and all folks who want to ask me or challenge me about specific topic areas.

Music I've been playing upright and electric bass since age 10. I've had the great fortune to be involved in re3cording projects with Branford Marsalis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Joe Jackson, Deee-Lite, Frank London, and many more. And I've always been on the technical side -- you will rarely hear me perform on a recording!

Education. I married a woman who founded and ran an educational non-profit for 25 years.

Music Technology is a particular sweet spot. I worked at three of the earliest companies creating computer software for musicians. All of them are now gone.

History

Cycling

History of Science This is one of my college degrees, kind of.

History of Vaccines Sorry to any contrarians, but widely deployed Vaccinations are likely the second greatest technology in reucing death in the modern era, next to the invention of sewers and separation of sewer systems from potable water supply chains.

Cancer Care, Treatments, and Survivorship Sadly, a family member was stricken with a terrible cancer. Fortunately, she's alive and healthy now.

Cooking

Media

Technology

Startups

New York City The city of my youth.

Cryptography I can't tell you why I know so much about spycraft and cryptography, or....but I've studied it immensely. I was a young math nerd and liked puzzles, I guess.