Micah is a free software, media activist system administrator working to create grassroots democratic technology alternatives to the existing corporate structures. In order to meet the computer needs of those working for radical social change he has worked to create The Red Cursor Collective which provides email, mailing lists and website hosting for activists. While organizing the WTO protests in Seattle, Micah helped create the Independent Media Center and has played a significant role in architechting and supporting the extensive technical infrastructure needed to support it over the years.

Micah has participated in a proj ect to ship containers of computers to indymedia centers and social movements in the global south to build popular communications capacity. He helped with and presented at The Ruckus Society's Tech Toolbox Action Camp, and has high hopes for the Tech Federation.

Recently he has begun work on developing a distribution of the Debian operating system which will provide a stable, free desktop environment that will fulfill the needs that a non-profit would need to organize. He is also working on Edgenet - an effort to create a distributed bandwidth load donation mechanism.