Andrea B

Welcome!

Welcome to the central site for Andrea Benton.

Life

Currently living in Sydney, Australia.
Lived in Hong Kong 3 years, and in Portland, Oregon, US, for 8 years.
Have worked in computing areas most of my life, but still consider computing just a tool to get things done. What’s important is people, not the things.
Currently working as IT Manager.
For full details of Andrea’s career, see her Resume.

Favourites and Interests

Loves playing with new technology, seeing what’s possible. That has resulted in connections all around the world, which is what she loves about social media.
Develops blogs and web sites (including for family and friends) just for fun, to experiment with what’s possible. That has meant working with WordPress, better getting to know that.
Photography, taking photos for memories of adventures. Still learning what’s necessary to take a good photo, and getting to know my DSLR. For a sample of some of Andrea’s photos see her Flickr pages.
Eating out with friends, family. That’s a double win, trying interesting food, but then also for the times to linger talking with people Andrea values. See Eat. Travel. Bliss. for details of some of those times!
Travel. Loves exploring new places, whether in Australia or further afield, meeting people, discovering new cultures, foods.
Music. Has to have music. Classical music feeds the soul, but then Andrea needs a balance of music across the spectrum.
Variety Bash. Andrea loves adventure, seeing new places, meeting new people, and loves seeing seeing the work of charities. It’s only natural, then, that Andrea has discovered a love for the Variety Bash. She went on almost all of the 2010 Bash in NZ, and all of the 2011 NSW Variety Bash, from Baulkham Hills,NSW, to Broome, WA, as an Angel in Car 999A. Bashers are fun-loving, generous, kind-hearted people who love to see the kids benefit from the funds raised through the Bash.

Andrea on the Web

While Andrea was in the US, the web started to really take off. In those early days she used the name koalabear for her account name around the place because it was more unique for someone in the US. Over a period of time she was looking for a name that she could use for a variety of tech-related things, and so cyberetto began. That name came from a combination of “cyber” and “etto” from “ristretto”, her favourite coffee. After a period of time she wanted another name that was less tech-related, more personal, and so came up with mondetto, a combination of “monde” or “world” and that “etto” phrase again. So, you will see Andrea under those various names, same person, different purposes.

The latest blog begun is Eat. Travel. Bliss., logging adventures seeking blissful food and places.