Brian Covey studied computer science at The Evergreen State College — which your host also attended, but back before computers were a thing. After some normal young-person-bouncing-around a little, Brian came to shore at Omni in 2001, where he became the leader, dear and fearless, of Omni’s Support Humans.

You can find Brian @hidvorak on Twitter. (You can contact Omni support at support.omnigroup.com.)

You can also find a video of Brian doing the worm in an Omni commercial from 2006. Absolutely not to be missed!

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Curt Clifton came to Omni while on sabbatical from his computer science professorship at Rose-Hulman — and never went back. He’s spent much of his six years at Omni on the OmniFocus team, where he clicks checkboxes for a living.

Curt’s a fan of the local association football team. He also likes woodworking and distance-running, though he has yet to explore the synergistic possibilities of doing both at the same time.

You can find Curt @curtclifton on Twitter and at curtclifton.net.

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For our first episode we interview Kristina Sontag, who runs Omni’s test department — a group tireless, fearless, and strikingly effective in its hunt for bugs.

Kristina got her start playing games for a living at LucasArts. Between there and today she’s also worked on educational software, gotten a pilot’s license, volunteered for App Camp for Girls, and helped organize the Emerald City Supporters.

When she’s not doing everything else, she’s playing Destiny. She may even be thinking about Destiny at this very moment.

You can find Kristina on Twitter @knsontag.

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