My name is Anthony Deaver. I’ve gone by many monikers over the years such as Tigger, Bishop, BishopNeo, Antknee, Ant and several others I can’t think of right now.

Founded in 1971, I have forged a life and career like no other. Considering myself something of a modern renaissance man, I have been everything from a President/CEO, Project Manager,  Founder, Sales Representative, Customer Service Agent, Office Manager, Life Coach,  Web Consultant, Speaker, Author, Legend, Football Player, Track Star, Mac-Lover, Dog-Owner, Cat-Owner, Entrepreneur, Teacher, Photographer, Graphic Designer, Writer, Chef, Restaurant Owner, Telephone Line installer, Carny, Network Engineer, Landscaper, Programmer, Developer, Hacker, Lover, Fighter, Butcher, Baker, and Candlestick maker (and no, I’m not kidding about those last three). In some cases, doing more than one at a time.

I quickly rose through the ranks in the culinary arena and with my best friends father as a partner I opened my first restaurant, The Railroad Grille in Winder, GA at age 24.

Two years later, after meeting the woman that would become my wife, I moved to Rockport, MA and got involved in the Linux/Open Source movement. Eventually joining Andover.Net, working such sites as Slashdot, Freshmeat, themes.org, and Linux.com and helping to establish the original Open Magazine as both a co-founder and a monthly contributing author. At the same time advocating the use of Linux and open source to as many people as possible.

Emerging from the dot.com implosion with a fresh new Web Development company I used my experience from the kitchens to quickly established myself as a person capable of dealing with pressure and extreme deadlines, building RIA Application for companies such as Aberdeen Group, Mastercard, UGS/Siemens, Blue Egg, Molecular, Adidas and most recently litl.

I am able to develop in Coldfusion, PHP, Perl, C, C++ (though badly) , Flash/Flex and Actionscript (2 and 3), Javascript, ASP (though not overly fond of it), and several other scripting and tag based languages. A “digital” renaissance man if you will.

I have lived more in my 38 years than most do in a lifetime.  Occasionally I even remember that.

Currently I am in the beginning stages of starting a third business focusing on dogs as well as reinvigorateing my writing career and attempting to venturing into film.

I’ve been writing and telling stories since I was a freshman in high school, even winning a few awards back then. Right now this website is designed as a store house for my current batch of writing, and whatever pops into my head.

These are the high points. The low points are mine to keep for now

Beyond that, I don’t think there is much to tell.

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-Bishop