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Seven paths. All led to now. Pick one and explore.

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Work Aktiga · OTC
Aktiga, and the long detour that got me here

A software and product studio in Asheville, started in 2023 out of Online Training Concepts, which I founded in 2019.
Fly Paragliding since 2009
Paragliding in the Blue Ridge

Flying since 2009, instructing since 2018. Most of what I know about patience I learned waiting on a hill.
Play Drums, Keys, and Mallets
Two bands, and a music degree I went back for

Keys and mallets. Soul and funk with one group, jazz fusion in odd meters with another.
Drive Sim racing
Sim racing, and what a wheel teaches about patience

The corner you rush is the corner you lose. The same lesson as the hill, the job site and the release.
Build 20 yrs of carpentry
Twenty years with a tool belt

The longest thing I have ever done, and the one that explains the rest. Measure twice, expect the wall to be out of plumb.
Grow Curious and Always Learning
Optimism is a method, not a mood

Continuous improvement pointed inward, and the people who taught me to look at things that way.
Journal Writings and Notes
Notes, when there is something worth saying

Occasional writing about building things, teaching people and paying attention. No schedule, no newsletter.

Asheville, North Carolina

Hey, I’m Shane! I build things, fly paragliders, play music, race cars (virtually), and occasionally get distracted by a new idea. This is a little collection of the things I’m interested in.