Great to join a fantastic resource! I am currently in New Zealand after spending a few years travelling around the USA. I got to see 47 states, missed out on Nort Dakota but I figure that it's similar to Sout Dakota so no worries there.
I was mainly based in Boston and spent the remainder of my stay organising and setting up a hosting company
http://www.createhosting.com (USA division) as an expansion of our New Zealand hosting company (
http://www.createhosting.co.nz.
I am currently involved with software development for web applications here in New Zealand and specialise in web design and development for
http://www.createonline.co.nz. We're on the lookout for creative and /or technically advanced individuals for subcontract work so drop me a line if you are interested.