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  • Photo: MSU Writing Center crew from way back

    Chey showed me this picture a day or so ago. I think Jill Pennington (shown in the photo, middle row, second from the right) lent it to her. It was weird to see—it is from a completely different time of life. A good time, but very, very far removed from now. It even pre-dates Chey.…

  • Teaching DW MX 2004 L2

    Today I taught Dreamweaver MX 2004-Level 2. It was the second time I’ve done the course, and I don’t feel like it went as well as the first time I did it. The feedback from the students was fine. No major complaints, though I had a suggestion to go through some of the examples more…

  • Dreamweaver MX 2004: Less than great for dynamic web applications

    So, I’m supposed to teach a course in Dreamweaver Dynamic Web Applications and one in Dreamweaver/PHP Web Development. In preparation, I’m working on a little project that should help with some internal LCTTP record keeping as well as give me practice using DW to build web apps. Here’s the trouble: Web applications generally require some…

  • Web Site Visibility class

    Today I taught a course in Web Site Visibility. It was fun. It is really the first course I’ve been able to teach that I was actually able to draw heavily on my experience with the web. It was a small course, and I realized after talking with the participants that the name of the…

  • Commuting! Oh ye bane of my time! Oh ye cursed destroyer of my schedule!

    So, I’ve found that I’m gone during the workday for eleven and a half hours, when I take the bus back and forth. I leave at 6:25 AM and get back home at 6:00 PM. When taking the bus, the total commute time for the day is about two and a half hours. When I…

  • What a change

    I’m at the end of my first week at this new job. Other than basic logistics (parking, orientation, setting up voicemail, etc.), my time has been spent mostly in classes and preparing to teach classes. So far, I’ve sat in on Access Database Design, Fundamentals of Web Development, and I’m in the middle of a…

  • A job offer!

    MSU LCTTP called today with an official job offer, which I gladly accepted. I’ll be a full-time instructor in a technology training program at Michigan State University. I start next Monday, June 6th. I’ll have about a week to get situated and learn from the other instructors, then I teach my first course on the…

  • Oh, good news on the job search

    I got some hopeful news from MSU LCTTP on Friday. I’ll know for sure probably in about a week, but it sounds likely they’ll make a solid job offer.

  • More job apps

    Well, today I applied to three more companies: Synergy Soup Interactive – A local web/multimedia production agency TechSmith – Makers of SnagIt, Camtasia Studio, and Morae software Human Factors International – A large usability consulting, education, and design firm

  • Presentation plan and class handout

    Here’s the quick plan I came up with last night for the presentation I gave today at LCTTP. It’s might come off as jumbled as I wrote it in the middle of the night, but I thought I’d post it for archival sake. LCTTP interview lesson plan [PDF] Likewise, here’s the handout that I used…