User:Ahikanana

I hold a Master's degree, but no longer desire to further my formal education. Life experiences have become my new institution of education. I'm open to a wide range of interests. I enjoy traveling and learning about cultures and languages. I am multilingual, being fluent, able to read, write, and speak in two languages, conversant and literate in two more languages, and am currently acquiring knowledge in two more. It's not as if all of the languages are closely related, i.e., all European languages. Two are of Austronesian origin and two are of Asian origin.

I am an analytical thinker, a good problem solver, and I possess good old fashioned common sense, something that is becoming increasingly uncommon these days. When presented with a problem or a poorly understood topic, I will study it thoroughly by reading reliable sources such as Wikipedia, then develop solutions or draw conclusions.

I use technology judiciously, avoiding that which constrains or fails to provide complete control to the user, or makes life more complicated. That being said, I have and love my iPod Touch, but I don't have, nor do I desire to use a smart phone or GPS. I'm registered to various social networks including the very popular Twitter and Facebook, but rarely do I use them. I might send 2 or 3 text messages per day, not per hour as is very common and customary these days. I believe that technology has made information, once considered indispensable, into something disposable. Though connectedness has become increasingly pervasive and perhaps important in many ways, I prefer more often to recline from that, providing me with a sense of inner peace and clarity.

I consider myself a good editor. I edit as I type, checking for proper spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and parallel formatting. After hitting "Save" I check my work again. I hope that my personal biases will contribute to a largely unbiased Wikipedia.