Collective Detective Blog

Team Profile: Josh Babetski

Our team of dedicated volunteers each has a unique and interesting story of how they came to find themselves on the Collectivus team. Periodically, we will turn the spotlight on a member of the team to uncover a little about them, their story and possibly, some rather odd facts about them too. To kick things off, we interview the Founder & Creator of Collectivus: Josh Babetski.

Name

Josh Babetski

Hometown

I move around a lot, so I’ll go with Earth.

Title

Founder of Collective Detective, but I’m not big on titles, so I usually use "Chief Confusion Officer."

Background

I started freelance developing web applications in 1998 under the TaxiCafe banner, then started doing more product design and development, and then product marketing and a bunch of other skills I hope will come in handy someday.

Interesting facts about Josh

I’m library of useless pop culture trivia information and stats, mostly music, TV, and movies. No idea why.

I’ve been an extra in a movie

I modeled clothes for a Department Store as a kid

My girlfriend had me interviewed for a television segment on “getting your man to marry you” (she’s now my fiancé, so I guess it worked)

We’ve also jumped off the bridge where bungee jumping was invented

I find monkeys funny

I have two cats named "Pink" and "Floyd;" they’re brother and sister

Most embarrassing song or artist on your iPod right now

The Linus and Lucy Theme Song

Favorite Sport & Team

Right now: The Philadelphia Union MLS team. I’m going to 5 games this season, so already they’ll close the year being the team I’ve seen the most games in-person. After that, the Texas Longhorns Football Team. Hook ‘Em Horns!

Biggest Celeb Crush

There’s a list of 5 I’m allowed to have. Consistently on it is Isla Fisher; I’m a sucker for cute redheads. At the top of the list however is my fiancé Traci. I’m her biggest fan and still have the biggest crush on her. Did I answer that right?

Beer or Liquor

Yes please. Usually a Yuengling Lager or a Captain and Coke are my drinks of choice

You can find out more about Josh on his personal site: Quixotic Bravado and find him on most online communities as "quixado."