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# Welcome to Funky Penguin's Geek Cookbook
## Hello world,
I'm [David](https://www.funkypenguin.co.nz/contact/).
I've spent 20+ years working with technology. My current role is **Senior Infrastructure Architect** at [Prophecy Networks Ltd](http://www.prophecy.net.nz) in New Zealand, with a specific interest in networking, systems, open-source, and business management.
I've had a [book published](https://www.funkypenguin.co.nz/book/phplist-2-email-campaign-manager/), and I [blog](https://www.funkypenguin.co.nz/blog/) on topics that interest me.
## Why Funky Penguin?
My first "real" job, out of high-school, was working the IT helpdesk in a typical pre-2000 organization in South Africa. I enjoyed experimenting with Linux, and cut my teeth by replacing the organization's Exchange 5.5 mail platform with a 15-site [qmail-ldap](http://www.nrg4u.com/) cluster, with [amavis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amavis) virus-scanning.
One of our suppliers asked me to quote to do the same for their organization. With nothing to loose, and half-expecting to be turned down, I quoted a generous fee, and chose a cheeky company name. The supplier immediately accepted my quote, and the name ("_Funky Penguin_") stuck.
## Technical Documentation
During the same "real" job above, I wanted to deploy [jabberd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabberd14), for internal instant messaging within the organization, and as a means to control the sprawl of ad-hoc instant-messaging among staff, using ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo Messenger.
To get management approval to deploy, I wrote a logger (with web UI) for jabber conversations ([Bandersnatch](https://www.funkypenguin.co.nz/project/bandersnatch/)), and a [75-page user manual](https://www.funkypenguin.co.nz/book/jajc-manual/) (in [Docbook XML](http://www.docbook.org/) for a spunky Russian WinXP jabber client, [JAJC](http://jajc.jrudevels.org/).
Due to my contributions to [phpList](http://www.phplist.com), I was approached in 2011 by [Packt Publishing](http://www.packtpub.com), to [write a book](https://www.funkypenguin.co.nz/book/phplist-2-email-campaign-manager) about using PHPList.
## Contact Me
Contact me by:
* Email ([davidy@funkypenguin.co.nz](mailto:davidy@funkypenguin.co.nz))
* Twitter ([@funkypenguin](https://twitter.com/funkypenguin))
* Mastodon ([@davidy@funkypenguin.co.nz](https://mastodon.funkypenguin.co.nz/@davidy))
Or by using the form below:
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