Summary: I took on Leigh Householder and did a makeover of my own resume. The key lesson I learned is that you need to showcase your individual personality on paper every way you can. The incomparable Leigh Householder has been doing a series of posts on Advergirl where she takes a readers resume, and fully [...]
Entries from April 29th, 2008
What Goes On in a Resume Makeover?
April 29th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: career portals · CV · forrester reports · grad school · job interviews · makeover · new job · resume · visual elements · web strategist
MobileYouth Facts 2008
April 29th, 2008 1 Comment
I’m working on a big post about what an “interactive design strategist” is and why every ad agency and product design firm needs them. Ya know, an “account planner” for the digital age. ‘Til then this was worth checking out — a Slideshare presentation with a bunch of young consumer factoids. Not sure where mobileYouth [...]
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Games, Community and Music = Future of the Recording Industry
April 28th, 2008 No Comments
Summary: GTA IV is coming so get ready. Rock Band is the future of the record industry. And it’s community is growing. (Plus, Harmonix is hiring a Web designer.) Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) is coming our way, and sales are predicted to be huge. PSFK notes that Rockstar (the makers of Grand Theft [...]
Tags: guitar hero · harmonix · rock band · video games
A presentation of my past work
April 23rd, 2008 No Comments
I created this presentation to walk you through some of my past work. You can view it as a Slideshare preso, or download a PDF of this portfolio.
Tags: portfolio
“Web3D” is coming!! … and I’m married to Feist!
April 22nd, 2008 No Comments
There are some interesting thoughts brewing about a topic called Web 3D, a future vision of the web which resembles Second Life, rather than the 2D browsers we see today. There are lots of reasons why Web 3D could come to fruition, but I want to pose three roadblocks that might prevent that: 3D environments [...]
Tags: 2.0 · 3d · business · flash · forrester · future technology · video games · Web 2.0 · web technology
RockYou Showcases Gen Y Design Practices
April 18th, 2008 1 Comment
RockYou.com is a top site for teens, and their Facebook apps are some of the most popular. As I alluded to, I interviewed Jia Shen, CTO and co-founder of RockYou, about how he and his team target young consumers online. Jia had great insights to share, and a real knack for clearly articulating the way [...]
Tags: facebook · forrester · generation y · rock you · teens · web design · young consumers
Dear-God, this site misses the point
April 14th, 2008 No Comments
“Dear-God.net” really wants to be the next Post-Secret, but it doesn’t even come close. It takes user submitted confessions, pairs it with a photograph, and puts it on a blog with a visual design reminiscent of a graphic artist’s final project for art school. The site’s hyper-stylized presentation makes it come off as as way [...]
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