Derek Housman has been online since the early days of the internet. His first computer was a Macintosh, which he used every day until he destroyed it by hitting too many buttons at once.

He graduated to a PC and learned how to dial into BBS boards — in between getting knocked off the shared phone line. His posts on those long-forgotten boards still haunt him to this day.

Shifting his sights toward filmmaking, he’s been making videos since the age of 10. His first was a set of fake commercials starring his sister — a tape he still taunts her with today. He worked his way through high school at a local video store, where he watched way too many dumb comedies and not enough classics. His love of moviemaking continued through college, where he worked on over 30 short films and eventually tried launching his own TV series — well before the internet knew what WebTV was. After a very brief stint in New York, he worked in a bookstore until realizing no movies were being made there, and hopped a flight to Los Angeles.

He’s worked in various corners of the industry — motion picture development, reality television, new media — before ultimately leaving the circus behind and returning to his first love: working in tech.

What I’m Into

I build systems to understand things — whether that’s photography, films, or how to function as an adult. I use 3rd party websites when applicable, but also like to invest time in figuring out what the best solution to tracking these things are.