To-Do List

Research tasks, interviews, photographs, and production steps for the Paul Walhus biography

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Personal History — Paul to Document

Confirm exact birth address in St. Louis, December 2, 1944

Document the Walhus household address in Affton, Missouri

List grade schools attended (Affton area)

Confirm Bayless High School graduation year (1962 or 1963?)

Name of Bayless track coach

Best recorded 440-yard time at Bayless

Name of the boy who beat Paul at the conference meet

University of Illinois: major, dorm, fraternity (if any)

Names of Illinois classmates still in touch

First job after graduation (1969 onward)

Document the years 1969–1996 (the big gap in the narrative)

Year of arrival in Austin, Texas

First Austin address and neighborhood

Marriages — name(s), dates, outcomes

Shey Roth’s mother — name and story

Shey’s birth year and location

Spring.com & Web Pioneer Years

Exact launch date of spring.com in 1996

Original spring.com features and content

Early Austin users and community members

First premium domain acquired (and price)

Complete list of 108 WholeTech Network domains with registration dates

Document the Colin Firth fandom origin story

Austin coworking timeline — first space, first event, first connections

Interview early BBS / Austin tech contemporaries

Tai Chi Lineage

Year Paul started studying tai chi

First tai chi teacher (before Choy Kam Man?)

Years studying under Master Choy Kam Man

Trips to San Francisco for tai chi training

Obtain certificate / letter from Choy Kam Man school

Document the aqua fitness certification details (year, UT course)

Current teaching schedule and pool locations

Interviews to Conduct

Interview Alice-Ann Walhus Whiteneck (sister) — full oral history

Interview Shey Roth (son) — childhood memories

Interview Roger Mueller (cousin) — Muriel Ebsworth branch

Interview Corky King (cousin) — Chautauqua summers

Interview Carol King (cousin) — Illinois memories

Contact surviving Bayless HS track teammates

Contact University of Illinois Class of 1969 classmates

Interview early spring.com users

Interview Austin coworking colleagues

Interview Austin tai chi community members

Archival & Photographic

Gather Walhus family photos from Alice-Ann

Find photos of the brick house on Gannon Avenue

Find Bayless High School yearbooks (early 1960s)

Find University of Illinois yearbook, 1969 edition

Scan early Austin photos (1970s)

Scan early web / BBS screenshots (1996–2000)

Collect tai chi training photos

Recent photos of Paul at work and teaching

Production & Launch

Complete all 100 chapters to final draft quality

Add photograph captions and credits

Editorial pass for consistency and voice

Fact-check pass — every date, name, and quote

Create index of names

Write acknowledgments section

Design book cover

Documentary treatment final draft

Find literary agent

Launch July 14, 2026 — book + documentary + public site

Press release and media outreach