Info about me

I'm a professional writer, enthusiast coder, and an avid reader. Fun fact: I used SQL and Python to analyze multiple Polish translations of Frank Herbert's Dune for my MA in linguistics before NLP was cool. Now I read more than SF&F: mostly because I enjoy being able to visit the places I know from books, meet the local people and learn about their culture, history and languages. I appreciate art and good design (from architecture, to typography, and UX) but my drawing skills stop at rapid prototyping. That’s why taking photos has been my long-term hobby. And since I keep turning work into play (and back into work), for close to ten years I've been photographing oriental dance events in Poland and abroad. Because, I’m motivated by taking ownership and responsibility for my tasks and seeing the positive impact of my work I am an occasional contributor to various open source docs projects (including the style guide canonical/praecepta repo for Ubuntu). My interest in psychology allowed me to also volunteer as a translator for organizations such as the Polish Association of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (Family Connections videos) or Kwan UM Zen (where couples can get married using my translations of wedding vows).

This GitBook is mostly related to what I do at work. At krzysiekwie.github.io I have a sort of hub of my online projects.