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Hi, I'm Jonathan.

Jonathan Waller

I'm a bitcoin enthusiast.

I'm very interested in the new digital money, Bitcoin, and projects that use it.

A few of Bitcoin's advantages:

Can be used to send money instantly and internationally, with no fees.
Lets poor / undocumented people start businesses to pull themselves out of poverty.
Resistant to inflation (caused by money printing)
Stops the financial "bullying" (blocking income) of people who are disliked by the state. (e.g. Iran / Wikileaks)

To help bitcoin-minded investors and project builders get together, I started BitcoinEAST. You can check out our projects.

You can find out more about Bitcoin at bitcoin.org, and weusecoins.com.

Large golden coin with a B character in the center

For applications, I mainly use C# and Java, but have been known to dabble in C, C++ and ActionScript too.

Recently, I've been taking time off from paid projects to work on my own research.

You can look at my technical CV / resume, download some apps I have made, or check out my application portfolio.

Renderer - Mine is the middle snowman part

I'm an English teacher.

I'm an enthusiastic, hard-working teacher, and have received great feedback from students and colleagues.

I have taught one-to-one with private students, and have worked in Japanese junior and senior high schools with a wide range of ability.

You can look at my teaching CV / resume, or check out my feedback.

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I also think a lot about life.

The meaning of life? To love and be loved.

I think this topic is really important, so it's something I've been researching.

Happiness, and one's "meaning of life", seems to be the same thing. I think the general confusion is that people see "happiness" as self-satisfaction only, when in fact it's a range of feelings.

Fundamentally, there are only two ways to increase your happiness:

Choosing to love
Being loved

"Happiness" having three distinct types:

Flow (Sometimes called "Peace")
Loving connection
Contribution

Caused by...

Self-esteem
Selfless caring
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I'm continually working on this, but my current "best answer" is that there are five fundamental keys to happiness, and you need to ensure all are satisfied.

I have written a bit about this topic. And if you're interested, a while back I wrote a program to try to predict new things you would be passionate about.

Climber at the top of a mountain, talking to a guru.

"You mean I do the hokie pokie and turn myself around, and that's what it's all about?"

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I'm a web developer.

For my sites, I mainly use PHP and MySQL.

I am not looking for development projects at this time, but am open to unusual projects where we share the work and the proceeds.

You can look at my technical CV / resume, or check out my web design portfolio.

Japanese guesthouse search and comparison site

I'm a Japanese speaker.

I have been learning Japanese since 2004. It's a lovely language, and the people are great.

I worked as a receptionist and English helper in 2008 in an eye clinic in Tsunashima, Japan. While there were not a lot of English-speaking visitors, it was very good Japanese practice.

I passed JLPT 3 in 2006, and am around JLPT 2 (business fluency) now. I really should take the exam.

To check my current level, you can see my personal site in Japanese, or read my writings.

Hi, I'm Jonathan.

I'm a bitcoin enthusiast.

I'm a programmer.

I'm an English teacher.

I also think a lot about life.

I'm a web developer.

I'm a Japanese speaker.

...and I can be contacted here.