Dave Olson is a world-traveling renaissance guy, he's published essays, poetry and fiction, wrote and produced a documentary film, and rode out two dot com booms.
He's traveled to 20+ countries working jobs from mushroom farmer to private beach club host and writes about his experiences with street-level travel and impromptu trips and usual circumstances.
Dave's made dozens of media appearances in several countries discussing web media technology, activism, entrepreneurship, hockey and more on outlets ranging from CBC to High Times. Most recently, he's worked as a professional web community builder and marketing evangelist for Vancouver web companies.
He regularly speaks at events and conferences about using technology to enable artistic expression and using social media for social change. Graduated in 2004 from the noted Evergreen College in Olympia Washington studying public policy, philosophy, global affairs and also attended Universities of Utah and Guam.
A podcasting pioneer, Dave creates several long-running series including Postcards from Gravelly Beach - a spoken word literature show, Choogle on! - gonzo international sound-seeing adventures, and previously created the Canucks Outsider, a wildly-popular audio magazine about Vancouver hockey culture.
interests
arts and crafts, wandering, vaporizing storymaking, roadtrips, camping, tasty beers