Who is Tim Shaw?

I am an avid, lifelong boater and boat lover. I dabbled extensively with yacht design in high school and have recently gotten back into it more seriously. I built a boat when I was 16 and recently was able to get back into building courtesy of the Peace Canoe design.

My current on-going design project is an 18' outrigger canoe. I also began a 35' double-ended racer-cruiser sloop in the "Spirit of Tradition" mold as part of a design class I took at the Wooden Boat School. Not sure when I'll get that going again. My design interest is in naturally-powered small boats, ideally marrying elements of traditional craft (especially "indigenous" boats) with modern technology to make beautiful but high-performance boats.

I can be found elsewhere online at:

• Friendfeed
• "ASDDad" on GreenHour
• INfluence

The last blog above is for work. When not writing Chine bLog, I am a Managing Director and consultant in internet strategy with Forum One Communications in Alexandria, VA. Sites/projects I am working on or have worked on include:

• Collaborative strategy development for alumni network of Rare Pride, a conservation-focused social marketing NGO (in progress)
• Design and development management for two initiative sub-sites for the National Wildlife Federation: Green Hour and the Great American Backyard Campout.
• Web site redesign for the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic advocacy group. I led the strategy and managed the program.
• Strategy and redevelopment of main site for the Center for Global Development, an international development think-tank.
• Site strategy and detailed design management for Disease Control Priorities Project, a global health best practices research program with partners including the World Bank, the Population Reference Bureau, and the Fogarty International Center at NIH. Funding came from the Gates Foundation.
• Numerous strategy and design projects for the World Bank
• Multiple strategy projects for the Population Reference Bureau, including management of the development of the Population & Health InfoShare site.
• Redesign of the main web site for environmental education organization Earth Force