User:PicoMedia

Hello, I'm Thomas. I'm a resident of Paris in France.

My pseudo 'PicoMedia' reflects my modest but keen contribution to the global flow of information.

I discovered the Wiki project in August 2004, and have since then spent many days (and many nights) trying to get wiser as I was clicking through the articles. I noticed that I rarely get to the end of an article, since there is a tremendous amount of links that take me further and further away from my initial point of departure. I haven't taken the wikiholic test, but I'd guess that I'd get a high score.

I use Wikipedia on a daily basis both at work and at home. It is invaluable to get quick and accurate information on various topics. I design electronic systems in general and write firmware in particular for a living, and my personal interests include and go beyond embedded systems design:


 * Scuba Diving in general and Technical Diving in particular
 * Industrial IT: Embedded systems
 * Automatic Control: Start with Nyquist if you want to know what it's about
 * Project management: The art of getting something done within the allocated time and resources
 * Group Dynamics: How people react and evolve in a group
 * Structure Analysis of organisations in general
 * Music: Michael Nyman, Philip Glass, Pink Floyd, Front 242, Jacques Brel, Léo Ferré
 * The Armed Conflicts of the 20th Century: WWI, WWII, The Korean war, The Vietnam war, ...
 * Intercultural and interlinguistical relationships: how languages influence eachother
 * Literature: Emile Zola, Coetzee, G&ouml;ran Tunstr&ouml;m, Bj&ouml;rn Ranelid, my childhood hero Jules Verne
 * The History of Technology: the Mercury project
 * Cooking: French, Chineese, Nordic, North African, ...
 * Maths: Topology, operational research, set theory
 * Travelling: France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Egypt, ...
 * Modern art: Marcel Duchamp, Mark Rothko, ...
 * and a lot more



I recently decided to join the members, to support Wikipedia's development. From now on, November 2004, I hope to share some of my humble knowledge with the world. I guess that will mostly contribute to the english wikipedia, since that's the one I usually consult. But I'll also try to contribute to the french and swedish wikis as well. (Yes, that's right, I've got some very strong Swedish ties.) Last time I checked, the French wikipedia was a bit ahead of the Swedish, but consider that Sweden has only about an eigth of the french population...

Articles I started

 * This page...
 * Göran Tunström
 * Björn Ranelid
 * Diving Unlimited International

Articles I've contributed to

 * Quite a few, but usually I don't keep track of my contributions

Other contributions

 * images
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:PenguinsBouldersBeachSouthAfrica.jpg

links
Click here to be taken to PicoMedia's French double.

Click here to be taken to PicoMedia's Swedish double.

Click here to be taken to my homepage.