About

Canadian with 13 years in Japan writing about tech and society, Buddhism, travel, and more!

I work in tech (#opensource #DWeb #a11y) and read international relations, politics, and SFF books, practice Buddhism, and have been vegetarian since 2015 when I started waking up to the climate crisis. You can read more about my history on my full About page (I also have a Uses page there too!), but here is a TLDR:

• Professionally I consult for software companies at Shōjin where you can get info on how to hire me. I have availability now
• I am active in the DWeb Vancouver community.
• Engaged in the digital sovereignty debate with the Public AI Network.
• On the board for GoodBot Society which does policy analysis and education programs for responsible tech.
• Run Protocols for Publishers ✨, a community and event series that brings together web publishers and protocol developers to discuss the future of promoting agency on the open web.

I am kind of known for taking my family to a small island between Japan and Korea for a year, writing book reviews and lots of travel reports (old blog | new blog). For example see:

• Discovering deep history in London and London Part 2
• Taiwan trip report
• Notes from Germany and Walking through history in Heidelberg
• Living “with volcano” — a trip to Shimabara
• The Bridges of Nagasaki
• Unzen – Where foreigners go to hell to cool off
• Driving Iwate: The 3/11 tsunami 12 years later
• Driving Fukushima: The 3/11 nuclear disaster 12 years later
• Malaysia “Truly Asia” Part 1 and Part 2
• Impressions of Lisbon
• Istanbul
• India

…and lots more.

Sometimes I even combine a book review and travel report such as:

• https://chadkohalyk.com/2021/09/30/review-of-the-art-of-emptiness/
• https://chadkohalyk.com/2021/03/24/nakamura-tetsu/

Let’s chat!

You can connect with me on:

• 🦋 Bluesky
• 🐘 Mastodon
• 💼 LinkedIn
• 📸 Flickr
• 📚 Goodreads and 🐉 BookWyrm This year I am trying out other book tracking platforms. Right now you can find me on 📘 Hardcover
• 📼 Letterboxd

Each month I send out a short newsletter, a sort of a personal note, rounding up my longer writing and any highlights from the month. You can take a look at the archives and sign up for that over here: https://buttondown.email/chadkoh/

Contact

If you would like to get in touch privately by good old email, send me a message here: