Welcome inside my head. I am Chris Christensen.

LiveWorld – My day job is as the Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations for LiveWorld internet community for major companies like Campbells, HBO, Tv Guide, American Express, History Channel, A&E, QVC, Mini Cooper, eBay and the NBA. LiveWorld has a joint venture with WPP which owns nearly half of the leading marketing agencies world wide. I have been at LiveWorld since 1996. LiveWorld changed its name from Talk City when it sold the Talk City community that it started in 1996. At one time Talk City was one of the “stickiest” sites on the internet.

Silicon Valley – I have lived in Silicon Valley since 1984 although my first job in the valley was a Summer job with IBM in 1981. I have also worked for Hewlett-Packard (on internal IC design tools), Momenta (pen computing startup), Apple Computer (on the Newton and eWorld).

By night I am a blogger and podcaster.

Amateur Traveler – My best known podcasts are the audio and video versions of the Amateur Traveler

National Geographic Traveler said in their April 2006 edition:

“Some podcasts have gained a minor cult following. For example, some 1,000 listeners follow Californian Chris Christensen’s Amateur Traveler series, a mix of personal adventures, travel news, and helpful tips.”

Men’s Journal said in their September 2006 edition:

“One of the 4 best adventure travel podcasts”

The Chicago Sun Times included the show in their list of 10 “Best travel sites” in April 2007:

“We’re thrilled when we stumble on diamonds in the rough like AmateurTraveler.com. This relaxed weekly podcast hosted by Chris Christensen offers travel tips, news and interviews with fellow explorers that provide that personal perspective missing from most guidebooks. A player imbedded on the site makes listening convenient, and amateur videos provide front-and-center glimpses of some of Christensen’s treks.”

Best Life Magazine, a men’s magazine, named a list of the “The 10 best podcasts on the Internet“ in the May 2008 edition. In addition to two shows from NPR, the TED conference, the Economist, they named the Amateur Traveler.

Chris Christensen created “Amateur Traveler,” a weekly hour-long audio and video podcast, to keep you as far away from tourists wearing jean shorts and Big Johnson T-shirts as possible. Each episode explores world destinations with guidebook writers, journalists, and veteran nomads. You’ll learn the best place to find lobster paella in Barcelona, how to motorbike through India, and where to go for a far-flung family vacation. Whet your wanderlust by scrolling through the archive of more than 125 past broadcasts.

Tripinator.com – I blog about travel at Tripinator.com – Travel 2.0.

MadAboutMovies.tv – I blog with others about movies and television at MadAboutMovies.tv.

The Bible Study Podcast – I podcast about my Christian faith at The Bible Study Podcast.