Matt Mower - Short bio
Introduction
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What I'm doing
I'm work for PAOGA Ltd. We have ambitious goals regarding the protection and use of personal information. Check us out. I am also studying, part-time, for Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology.
My passions
I'm passionate about cats, music, books, and food. I like playing games and play poker to win. I like learning new things and enjoy the fact that I still can learn. I like technology and messing about with software.
Business wise my mantra is effectiveness. Read Slack if you want to know more. I got into knowledge management about 6 years ago and most of my activities since then have involved it in some way. I am a big fan of David Snowdens work.
One of my favourite quotes is:
"Business is a social enterprise with economic ends" -- Daniel P. Burnham
Music
A selection of the music that I love (This listing and the following listings are very much a work in progress.)
- Barenaked Ladies
- Maroon (Most especially Go Home)
- The Charlatans
- Wonderland
- Bach
- St.Matthew Passion (Gardiner conducting)
- Brandenburg Concertos
- Violon Concertos
- Tom Waits
- Franks Wild Years
- Travis
- The Invisible Band
- Röyksopp
- Melody A.M.
- Groove Armada
- Vertigo (Especially At the River)
- Lovebox
- Brian Eno
- Apollo
- Bartók
- Concerto for Orchestra (Karajan conducting)
- Violin Concerto's 1 & 7
- Laibach
- Kapital
- Finley Quaye
- Maverick A Strike
- Vanguard
- Beethoven
- The Late Piano Sonata's (Brendel playing)
- Brecker Brothers
- Collection/volume 2
- Scraping Feotus Off The Wheel
- Hole
- Philip Glass
- Akhnaten
- Uakti
- 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
- Dracula
- Yello
- You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess
- Pocket Universe
- Stella
- The Eye
- Finitribe
- Grossing 10K
- Shakespears Sister
- Hormonally Yours
- Benny Goodman
- The Classic Tracks
- Coil
- Loves Secret Domain
- Stolen & Contaminated Songs
- Django Reinhardt
- Crazy Rhythm
- William Orbit
- Pieces in a Modern Style
- Mendelssohn
- String Quartets Vol .1
Books
A selection of my favourite authors / books:
- Philip K. Dick
- Michael Frayn
- Bill Bryson
- Viktor Frankl
- Robert Anton Wilson
- K.W.Jeter
- Richard Kadrey
- Tim Powers
- Peter De Vries
- Aldous Huxley
- James Blaylock
- George Orwell
- Graham Greene
- Frank Herbert
- Charles Bukowski
- Tom Baker
- Paolo Coelho
- Dashiel Hammet
- Raymond Chandler
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Douglas Adams
- Richard Bach
- Douglas Coupland
Favourite comedians
- Tony Hancock
- Steve Martin
- Linda Smith
- Bill Hicks
- Andy Hamilton
- Spike Milligan
- Jeremy Hardy
- Willy Rushton
- Rita Rudner
- Doug Stanhope
- Alexei Sayle
- Stephen Frye
- Hugh Laurie
- Ron White
- Peter Sellers
- Stephen Wright
Films
Some films I enjoy very much (most of them I have and can watch over and over)
- Cypher
- The Incredibles
- Brazil
- Dr. Strangelove
- Time Bandits
- Duck Soup
- The Big Sleep
- The Green Man
- Three Colours Red
- Three Colours Blue
- Groundhog Day
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Dawn of the Dead
- The Belles of St. Trinians
- Das Boot
- One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
- The Big Lebowsky
- Casablanca
- Citizen Kane
- North By Northwest
- An Inspector Calls
- All About Eve
- The Outlaw Josey Wales
- The Princess Bride
- Some like it Hot
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Silence of the Lambs
- The Third Man
- Evil Dead: Army of Darkness
- L.A. Story
- The Player
- The Manchurian Candidate
- Dark City
- The Sting
- Bridge on the River Kwai
- Toy Story
- Millers Crossing
- Full Metal Jacket
- Richard III
- Leon
- Unforgiven
- The Man with Two Brains
- Killing Zoe
- School for Scoundrels
- The Maltese Falcon
- The Great Dictator
- Wag the Dog
- The Thing
- Parenthood
- Stardust Memories
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Annie Hall
- Kind Hearts and Coronets
- Bob Roberts
- Sleeper
- Fargo
- Forbidden Planet
- LA Story
- Bladerunner
- Twelve Monkeys
TV & Radio Shows
- Futurama (Top show!)
- Just Shoot Me
- Dr. Who
- Blakes 7
- Simpsons
- Kids in the Hall
- St. Elsewhere
- Farscape
- Stargate
- Edge of Darkness
- I Claudius
- Scrubs
- Deadzone
- StarTrek Deep Space Nine
- Becker
- Monty Pythons Flying Circus
- Fawlty Towers
- The Navy Lark
Useless things to know about me
- I am 32 years old.
- I am 1.8 metres tall.
- I currently weigh 85kg.
- I am short sighted.
- I follow the San Francisco Giants baseball team.
- I'm poorer now than I was when I was a student, but slowly recovering.
- I enjoy swimming but it's hurting one of my knees, I'm considering other forms of exercise.
- I love playing poker, Texas Hold'Em. I've played in Vegas but have given up until I have more money. I'd like to learn 7 card stud also.
- My cats enjoy playing with surplus bootlaces more than all the toys I have bought them.
- Out of the Park is probably the game I have played most on my PC.
- I work from home and consider it both a blessing and a curse, mainly a curse.


