Bryan Buus quietly kickstarted O'Reilly Media's online presence in 1992 by creating ORA's Gopher server. He received his bachelor's degree in computer science from Boston University in 1992. He graduated the following year from Boston University with his master's degree in computer science, specializing in Internet information services. He then packed up all his stuff and ventured to Boulder, Colorado. Bryan currently works at XOR Network Engineering as a System Administrator and Information Services Specialist, developing their Internet Plaza. His interests include Net surfing (for fun and profit, skiing (all types), zymurgy, and a little trapeze (thanks Cricket and Paige!).