Welcome: May 17, 2008
RECENT WORK
04/06/08 Updated:
Creative product Designer III
Technical Illustration
WEB/Graphic Design
Art Director
ADDITIONAL INFO
Current Study: Italian Language North
Seattle Community College
Seattle Central
Community College
Student (& occasional speaker), in the Web Design/Development Program
Final Year of AAIST Degree. 2005 - the rest of my life!
Highline Community
College
Studied Business & Advertising 1991-92
South Seattle
Community College:
Studied Graphic Design: 1990-91
Assistant designer: 1990-91
Technical Advisory Committee SCCC 2007-8.
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NOTES FROM A UX DESIGNER
3/11/08 Updated
I have been getting hit with a lot of UX design work lately. I am planning on running through some of the technical aspects of a typical day here on my site to update and inform on this fast paced growing side of the tech industry.
I have recently wrapped up work with my last Microsoft contract and have begun discussion on a new project with them. Also, in addition to my UX design, I am currently working with Costco on a string of technical illustrations. It is a nice creative change to be able to sit down and just draw all day.
P.S. I love the latest Adobe creative suite. It really makes my life easy!
Latest News
2/18/08 Updated Schedule
I am currently taking on new projects. I
am updating my flash and print pages with newer material. Most of
the stuff I have been working on lately has been NDA. I will be able
to show some of my work in interviews, but I won't be able to post
any of it online.
A lot of my work lately, has been on Icon's and UX design with work flow and useability as a kew focus. I just recently completed a contract at Microsoft and am working on a few new web projects as we speak.
Feel free to contact me for more details as to my latest work situation. Thank you for your time.
12/12/07 NEWSLETTER and NEW NEWS
I am currently on Contract with Microsoft and working on two other projects so I really don't have a lot of free time. I am interested in finding some people that might be interested in helping out. This might be ideal if you are a college student looking for real world experience and to build a portfolio. I have a dozen newsletters that I put out monthly along with a lot of web work. This probably isn't a full time position yet but if things continue in the same direction they have been heading...It could be. If you are interested in learning more about the position or payscale, please contact me through my contact link with your Resume in either TXT, DOC. or PDF form OR a link to your site.
I have posted a Blog on my page! I am hoping this takes the place of the Forum since people weren't really using the forum for communicating, I figure this way I can just post my info and people can take it or leave it. I will also allow rss feeds to be taken if you want to have my words on your site or in your mail. All of this will be done soon.
In the meantime!!! Happy Holidays....stay safe and warm and I'll see you in 08!
10/10/07 - WITH THE NEW CONTRACT AND ALL MY REGULAR WORK...
I
am finding myself swamped. I don't get home till about 7 and then I
throw on the head phones, crank up the radio and do it again till
about 1AM. Sound like the kind of thing most people would shy away
from but I have a secret. I have my hand in a couple cookie jars
and the inside word is that I stand to make a lot of money between
here and short future from now. The truth I have found for myself
is that it isn't about the money. I KNOW!!! I thought it totally
would be. Thing is... After my bills are paid and I am fed...the
rest is just for ... um fun... I have chosen to invest the rest as
I suggest a lot of you do as well. It will ensure that long after
this work schedule is done with...I will still be enjoying this quality
of life. But I digress...
What I have found is that a lot of what I am doing now is about being apart of something bigger. Being someone who could influence change and leave a name behind. Money is nice, but it comes and goes... I want something more.
Anyway - TTFN - I will keep at the newsletter and I promise to keep you updated. - Cheers!
10/08/07 - Some of you may of noticed I removed the Forum -Don't panic, I will be reposting the code online shortly. I needed to take the section down for some maintenance. My current schedule leaves little free time and I don't want to waste it chasing spam and deleting viagra adds from my web site. I have decided to go full steam into the news letter route and will need to complete my first issue for people to review and print for their own useage. This will include a lot of the same information as was in the forum. However, since the only people that were including themselves in the conversation were spammers, I decided to make it more of a white paper. I will be sending out a newsletter on subscription basis...(FREE) AS WELL AS, posting the newsletter online on my web site. I am planning currently for the first one to come out in OCTOBER and every month there after.
Thanks - David Wall
09/24/07 - I am currently updating my resume - As well as assembling some material for, what I hope to be, a monthly newsletter that I would like to put out. There are definitely more plans with that, however, all will be revealed in time. I will have the code up shortly for you to subscribe to this newsletter and I will also be phasing out the bulletin board. I think it will be something that you can look to for information but it won't be something that requires subscription. There won't be room for contribution but there will be room for people to contact me with idea's pertaining to the direction that you would like to see the paper go. I will try and have code entered in for people interested in learning specific how-to's. I will be as accomodating as possible.
Thanks for your continued support
09/22/07 - Ok, I know I have been a little absent from this site for a bit so I will give you the full run down. I am on Contract at Microsoft until around April unless they extend it. I am also building web sites for Real estate companies. In addition I am compiling about a dozen or so newsletters every month. I'm a busy boy.
My current Bulleting board may be coming down because of the amount of spam I am getting. I think that I will put together a blog with the same information but just not as interactive. It doesn't seem that there is any interaction on the bulletin board right now anyway. I will also be putting together a newsletter that I will begin sending out that has some tips and tricks and, of course, come code samples to play with. I have a lot of new flash stuff that I could send out...some how to's and the likes. This is all to get me ready for some new project I would like to launch next year.
I will be talking to some of my friends at Microsoft to see if anyone can get some opinions together to include in this email I think it will be fun.
I will keep you informed!