{"id":12,"date":"2021-04-01T09:57:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T09:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/julianreed.net\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-03-08T17:24:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:24:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.julianreed.net\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"About Julian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi, I\u2019m&nbsp;<strong>Julian Reed<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 and yes, I did indulge my ego by naming this site after myself. If that hasn&#8217;t put you off, here\u2019s a bit more about me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I\u2019m British, but I\u2019ve spent significant time living and working in Asia and North America. These experiences have made me a bit of a cultural hybrid \u2013 and I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By day, I focus on bringing the right software solutions to life. But what really interests me are the human problems that software is supposed to solve.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>According to the Myers-Briggs test, I\u2019m an&nbsp;<strong>INTJ<\/strong>&nbsp;(more about that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.16personalities.com\/intj-personality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">here<\/a>).  That\u2019s supposed to mean I\u2019m analytical, logical, and creative \u2013 so far, so good. Unfortunately, it also suggests I may come across as \u201csocially clueless\u201d (accurate, to be fair) and occasionally \u201carrogant\u201d (please tell me if I ever am \u2013 I\u2019d rather know).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Genetically, I\u2019m 93.3% British and Irish, 6.6% Scandinavian, and 0.1% unassigned. I have no idea what that last bit means. If it turns out I\u2019m 0.1% Martian, my wife probably wouldn\u2019t be surprised.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I hold strong opinions \u2013 but most of them are loosely held. I enjoy exploring perspectives that challenge my own, and while being wrong still stings a bit, I\u2019m okay with it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My Passions (not work related)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Travelling, fitness, sport, and creative pursuits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My current travel obsession is\u00a0<strong>Japan<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 a place I love, even if my attempts to learn the language have so far produced predictably chaotic results.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Writing is something I\u2019m determined to spend more time on \u2013 hence this blog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work Related Passions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Understanding and empathising with our customers and developing solutions that address their true needs first<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optimising customer experiences (CX), developer experiences (DX) and ai experiences (AIX)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>My main weekend obsession is building AI-driven software (see the main menu in this blog for some of them) and seeing what breaks first.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/8epochs.com\/\">8epochs.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is my dedicated playground for agentic AI experiments \u2014 where I hope to graduate from useful tools to substantially more autonomous and capable entities. 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