The Cyborg Institute is a community based research intuitive. We attempt to organize our projects in a manner that encourages and supports the involvement of individuals with diverse backgrounds and needs. In many ways it is not useful to draw a distinction between the leaders of our projects and the various other contributors who participate and work on our projects.

In addition to these pithy biographies of the existing team below, please look to our community wiki page for more information about the people who participate in the wiki. Feel free to add your own page here.

Sam Kleinman

Sam is a writer, theorist, observer and digital instigator. By day he's a technical writer where he documents processes and practices for Linux systems administrators of all experience levels and backgrounds. By night he dances, knits, and writes quirky science fiction about historiography, colonialism, and culturally-mediated cognition. You may know him from the internet as "tychoish," and he maintains the quasi-pseudonymous blog tychoish.com as "tycho garen."

Sam's cyborg interests center on information management practices, collaborative technology, and the various impacts of open source methodologies on the practice of creation and "knowledge creation."

Joseph Spiros

Joe is a computer developer, dreamer, and all around geek. By day he develops software to manage and drive websites. By night he develops software to make websites obsolete. He maintains the personal site, Joseph Spiros where you can read more up-to-date news regarding him, his projects, and his fascinations.

Chris Knittel

Chris is a geek, computer guy, and occasional writer. He helps out with systems administration stuff, and provides much needed reality checks when project plans exceed the bounds of reality.