Please read the following before emailing questions about mindwave. Thank you, Jonathan.
Q. Starvation is such a huge problem, what
makes you think you can make a difference?
A. I don't think I can make a
difference! All I have is a simple idea to use the net to
motivate other people to make a difference! You see, I read in a
recent report that 35,000 people die of starvation every day. So
tomorrow I want that figure to be 34,981, and the day after that
I want it to be 34,962. If we only take the problem one day at a
time, and reduce the rate by 19 people a day, starvation will end
some time in 2001. 
Rather than being pessimistic, I believe the internet can help us solve the problem much sooner! Natural disasters will always occur- but starvation need NEVER occur! So for all those people reading this, get on the net and visit mindwave Making your first on-line donation is fun and tax deductible! Plus it's good value too! For example, the UNICEF organisation says $40 buys blankets to protect 10 small children from the cold, $150 buys a handpump and accessories to install a shallow well to benefit up to 250 people and $500 provides enough vitamins to prevent 1,500 children suffering permanent blindness!
Q. What happened in your
life to make you start the mindwave project?
A. Two things really. The
first was surviving a horrific accident in which my spine was
shattered. The doctors said it was a miracle that I didn't lose
the use of my legs, so I guess it's one way of saying 'Thank
you!' The second was the death at birth of our first born Alicia.
It was ten years ago last November she died, so I did a course on
the internet and put the site together as a way of dealing with
the loss. I've no reason to think my grief is any more real than
someone whose child dies of starvation, so I suppose it's also
for all the mums and dads suffering as well as the children...
Q. Looking at your site,
you've obviously achieved some remarkable feats in your life,
tell me about them.
A.Well I'm alive and married
the most wonderful woman in the world and have three wonderful
sons and nothing is more remarkable to me than that! As regards
the Guinness record and the mindwave mindware, people will have
to check the site out! I'm not a genius, far from it. All I want
to do is share information with people that may help them lead a
happier and more successful life. If they like what they discover
on the site and use the mindware in their lives to enrich their
relationships and make the world a better place, who am I to put
a price on that? All I ask is that all visitors to mindwave tell
everyone they can about the site and most importantly, make an
on-line donation even if just $10 while they're on the net.
Q. What sort of company is
Mindwave and how many people work there?
A. You're looking at the the
entire staff! I work full time, so I've put the site together
after hours on a shoe-string. I sold my Harley Davidson to
finance the project and expect to make the final payment on my
personal computer in 1999! My day job goes from 8am to 6pm and
Mindwave usually goes from 10pm to 2 or 3am.
Q. So what do you do for a
day job?
A. I work as a market
researcher in Melbourne, Australia for a large privately owned
company.
Q. It would seem possible
for you to make a lot of money on the internet selling your
software, why don't you?
A. Well, I don't know about
that, but I haven't yet had to spend too much on the Mindwave
project so I don't need to make a profit from the project at the
moment. Also, I don't ever expect to sell the stuff I put on the
net, not that I don't think it's valuable, many people happily
spend hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars on personal
development. Yet what I will need soon is help running the site.
So far I've done everything myself from the typing to the design.
So I'm hoping that individuals and businesses will soon help out
in return for acknowledgment and a link from the site. When I've
proven the site is making a difference and helped raise $1
million I plan to approach companies with the goal of allowing
the mindwave site to become a test-bed for the latest in internet
technology. At this time I would expect a capital injection and a
salary should be possible. Perhaps than I can become the Mother
Theresa of the internet and travel the world promoting the idea
of using the net to save lives!!
Q. Have you worked out who
those companies might be?
A. It could be anyone!
All I know is that without some form of sponsorship I won't be
able to make much difference because I'll still be a market
researcher and be answering e-mail 35 hours a day! Ideally,
whilst the company should be at the leading edge of internet
technology, I believe it's just as important that the company
believe in what I'm attempting to achieve!
Q. What about World Vision? Have they
endorsed your project?
A. World Vision is behind me
and have provided a letter of support (28k) to help give the
project the necessary credibility. It helps having been a child
sponsor since 1995 and I've met with them on several occasions to
explain my project. Importantly, until World Vision has their own
secure site for security of credit card donations, they can be
made to UNICEF. 
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