Throughout his career, Erik has capitalized on his ability to understand complex systems and anticipate paradigm shifts far in advance of the mainstream. For example, Erik was a principal inventor of a style of distributed computing now known as Service-Oriented Architecture. Almost 20 years before that approach was embraced by the mainstream IT industry.

Half Dome, Yosemite NP. Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe CA. Trying to bind a Gordian Knot of passions. Into a single life well-lived. Erik Trautman writes about startups, development, product, education, creativity and pretty much anything else.

Tuesday, January 13, 2015. Fear and Loathing in the Ebola Unit. I was sitting in my tent in a small northern Liberian town called Zorzor when the fever hit. Just wait at the door, dude. Did anyone see you bringing this? 8220;No. 8220;Just toss me the thermometer. 8220;Dude, I have a fever. I gotta figure this out. So there I sat febri.

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Creator, Producer, and Host of the award-winning science travel web series,. Episodes have appeared on NationalGeographic. Contributing Writer and Digital Video Producer for. Founder and Motion and Interactive Designer of.