Matt Mower - Short bio

Introduction

Know me, know my cats

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
  • A scanner darkly
  • Ubik
  • The man in the high castle
• Michael Frayn
  • A very private life
• Bill Bryson
  • The lost continent
  • Notes from a small island
  • A walk in the woods
• Viktor Frankl
  • Man's search for Meaning
• Robert Anton Wilson
  • Prometheus Rising
  • Quantum Psychology
• K.W.Jeter
  • Dr. Adder
• Richard Kadrey
  • Metrophage
• Tim Powers
  • Last Call
  • Declare
  • The Anubis Gates
• Peter De Vries
  • The Mackerel Plaza
• Aldous Huxley
  • Brave New World
• James Blaylock
  • The Last Coin
• George Orwell
  • Homage to Catalonia
  • Down and out in London and Paris
• Graham Greene
  • The quiet American
  • Our Man in Havanna
• Frank Herbert
  • God Emperor of Dune
  • The Jesus Incident
• Charles Bukowski
  • PostOffice
  • Factotum
  • Women
• Tom Baker
  • Who on Earth is Tom Baker?
• Paolo Coelho
  • The Alchemist
  • The manual of the warrior of light
• Dashiel Hammet
  • The Maltese falcon
• Raymond Chandler
  • The big sleep
• Kurt Vonnegut
  • Galapagos
  • Hocus pocus
  • Cat's cradle
• Douglas Adams
  • The long dark teatime of the soul
• Richard Bach
  • Illusions
  • Jonathan Livingston seagull
• Douglas Coupland
  • Generation X
  • Shampoo Planet

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.