I mostly remember him from the first book. When he was mostly trying to figure out the world around him and get through the political intrigues (like when he just got to his sister's house), all that while showing big love for life in all its parts (eg the thought of best way to die is live until you are old and be crushed by elephant while having sex), with kind of a careless approach sometimes, which makes sense in the whole picture. I really loved the spirit of it. But I can see why some might not find it that memorable, sure. When he is more established, he loses part of this charm, iirc. Have to re-read it, it's been a long while.

Hiro Protagonist from Snow Crash, Corwin from The Chronicles of Amber, and Danlo from A Requiem for Homo Sapiens series.

>Engineering mindset + creativity

and free time

And they were made in thriving collaboration with Henry Winkler.

It's all about the journey, not the destination.