Where did you grow up?

Well I was born in Birmingham, Alabama. But most of my years growing up and discovering what I wanted to do were in Midland, TX. I lived in Birmingham, AL until I was 9, so I don’t really remember a whole lot of it, I guess most of my time there was spent building things out of Legos and K-Nex. Once we moved to Midland, I started my focus on technology. I lived in Midland for 9 years as well. This past year, 2009 obviously, I have started attending a school up in Pennsylvania to obtain a degree in entrepreneurship which I hope will give me a business side to my internet focused mind.

What do you find intriguing about the internet industry?

Probably the biggest thing that draws me is the opportunity for learning and knowledge from other people. I have always believed the saying that, “everyone is an expert at something” and I think that through the web we can fully take advantage of people’s expertise where it matters. There is a huge opportunity online for collaboration and for people with similar interests to help out one another and discover even more about their favorite topics.

What else are you passionate about?

Surprisingly I guess , I do not fit most ‘geeky’ stereotypes. I do a lot of social things with local people, once again showing my love for group communication. I am extremely passionate about music and find myself taking breaks often from web design/coding to jam out some riffs on the guitar. It is a great way to relieve stress and is usually the perfect break to get me inspired on something new with whatever I was working on. I am looking into really getting started with photography, but I haven’t had as much time recently based on quite a bit of client work.

Where did you first hear about Disqus?

Well Disqus just turned out to be the solution to the problem I always knew was there, but never really had a solution for. I think I first ran across Disqus before I really knew a lot about it on a number of high-profile blogs and websites. A lot of people I admired in the web/graphic design industry seemed to have started to adopt it as a standard and after looking into it some, I decided to adopt it as well on my web projects.

What’s your one favorite feature on Disqus?

I think my favorite feature of Disqus is really the core feature itself. I do a lot of web surfing and being able to keep track of where I have posted comments is really essential. Before Disqus, I tried to keep track of things with Delicious bookmarks and email updates, but I soon realized that this type of thing needed its own dedicated system. Which is exactly what Discuss does so perfectly.

What feature would you add to Disqus?

Well I am not sure what all you guys are working on over there, but with the addition of push notifications in the iPhone app store with 3.0, some sort of Disqus app with push notifications I think would rock.

When you graduate what type of company would you like to start?

My dream would be to start a web design or web application development studio. The internet never ceases to fascinate me every day, there is an endless supply of knowledge available to anyone. This really excites me because the more people there are that are seeking to share their ideas and opinions online, the more need their will be for hopeful companies like mine to help out in compiling and organizing that data so that it can be the most useful to as many people as possible. I know that in the future the internet will continue to grow and innovate in finding new ways of helping out people and making everyone’s life easier and I want to be there right at the front of it.

To learn more about Mac visit his twitter, website, or Disqus Profile.