PERSON
Neil Bauman
Neil Bauman
- Neil Bauman is the founder of Geek Cruises (later rebranded as Insight Cruises), an innovative Travel education company that pioneered tech-themed cruise conferences for programmers, developers, and tech enthusiasts.
- Under Neil's leadership, Geek Cruises organized legendary theme trips (including MacMania, Perl Whirl, and Linux Lunacy), combining high-quality computer science seminars with spectacular global itineraries.
Connection to Randal Schwartz
- Neil partnered with Randal Schwartz on numerous voyages, with Randal serving as a key instructor teaching Perl and other technologies, as well as a resident digital photography mentor on "Click" photo-cruises.
- Randal often traveled and went ashore with Neil during port stops, such as their memorable day in St. Thomas on the October 2003 Caribbean Click cruise.
- Neil was a client, service provider, and friend of Randal. In August 2012, Randal visited Neil and discussed his doctor's warning about his high blood pressure (170/110). Neil's discussion of his own extensive daily medication regimen helped motivate Randal to take his Health seriously and start the LCHF/Keto lifestyle changes.
What links here
Arctic Exposure Photo Cruise and Chris Campbell
Baltic Sea Geek Cruise
Cane Garden Bay
Caribbean Click 2 Cruise
Chris Campbell
Geek Cruises
George Takei
Hosting FLOSS Weekly
Illiads Oddysea and Caribbean Click Cruise
Insight Cruises
JoCo Cruise
Jonathan Coulton
Karaoke with Jonathan Coulton on JoCo Cruise 2
Keto Health Journey
MacMania 4.5 Cruise
My Mesoamerican Archaeological Adventures
Origin of Geek Cruises and Karaoke with Neil
Photoshop Fling 3 Cruise
Randal Schwartz
Web Services Cruise of May 2004
These facts are as Randal recalls them, but much time has passed for most of this. If you find a factual error, please email realmerlyn@gmail.com.