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Field-tested veteran Web Professional.
Black belt in xhtml, css, and rapid iterative web production Special-Ops duty in the full gamut of web human interface design tactics Guerilla fighter in web site/app usability. ROI! Hu-Rah! Top-secret clearance. I build the stuff you don’t get to look at. Field-commander on reconnaissance and tactical-strike web missions. Scrambled and led teams of highly…
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Cold calling for jobs
I just cold-called Tec-Ed, Inc., inquiring about a position. Tec-Ed is a usability company in Ann Arbor. I didn’t know they existed until I saw them listed on the Usability Professionals Association web site. Unfortunately, during the call the person I spoke with mentioned they had just hired someone last week. Dang. Here’s hoping they’re…
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The U.P., land of penguins and icebergs.
I was just eating dinner with Lila and she asked where I was born, as we had been talking about grandparents and how Chey and I are the children of Lila’s grandparents. “Way up north,” I said. She uses that phrase to tell people where Grandpa Ron and Grandma Donna live. Lila hunched her shoulders…
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Yet another interview with Sircon
That’s right, I have another interview scheduled with Sircon for the end of the week. I’ve lost count of how many this makes. Seven? This is kind of absurd. I’m trying to look at it with a mixture of humor and undestanding (It’s not like I’ve just interviewed for a single position; it’s been more…
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color shift
Bear with me. I’m uploading a half-finished stylesheet. Gotta run and something else for a bit. Should be mostly readable, but gonna be some contrast issues until I get back to this.
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Eva’s mystique with the iBook
The girls have this uncanny ability to undermine Chey’s iBook. A few months ago, Lila was “working” on Chey’s computer while I was reading a book. When she was done working, she had managed to move the Library directory from /Users/cheygranroth/ to /Users/cheygranroth/Documents. The tricky part was neither Chey nor I realized what had happened…
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Blasted squirrels
While watering our little garden today, I noticed that the strawberry plants were conspicuously missing. Yesterday I saw a big fat squirrel sitting in our garden in the midst of the strawberry plants. Now, I don’t want to jump to conclusions, but I’m pretty sure Lila, Eva, and Chey would not have scrounged through the…
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Interviews, more interviews
Well, I just finished another interview with some folks at Sircon. It’s gotta be my fifth interview with them by now. Also, I have an interview on Thursday of this week for an instructor position with LCTTP at Michigan State University. I think I could really enjoy that job. I’m looking forward to the interview.
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Job hunting
Here is a partial list of jobs applied for so far. An asterisk (*)indicates a position that I have already interviewed for. *Project Manager at Sircon (position closed) *Programmer Analyst positions at Sircon *Web/Graphic designer position at Sircon Senior Information Architect at Avenue A | Razorfish Senior Information Architect at Fry, Inc. Assistant Director at…
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I’m in the market for a job
While running Envision Internet Consulting for the last few years has really been fun, the income is just too inconsistent to raise a family on. So, I’m in the market for a regular job. It will be odd after this stretch of self-employment (you other self-employed folks know what I’m talking about), but I’m committed…