Twitter is a micro-blogging platform resting somewhere in between IRC and e-mail. It is a nice informal way of staying in touch and people are inclined to use it because of the quick and easy format.
Primarily I use twitter to stay up to date on local Portland tech but it seems that the Novell and OpenSuSE twitter users are growing.
If you want to add me on twitter my account name is philips.
ifup.org is the weblog of Brandon Philips and contains excerpts from my code, work and play.
I write Linux software and work on the systems layer of Linux. In the last two years I have helped to organize Linux Plumbers Conf and Freedom HEC Taipei. It has been rewarding to bring together these communities to discuss current Linux issues.
Robotics is another passion and I had the opportunity to mentor a FIRST Robotics team in Portland recently too. I also continue to work with my friend Ron Jackson to build some neat USB devices for robotics.