Online Personas

Very subtly looking away

Basic Details

23 years old.
Graduated from the University of Washington, BS in Informatics, focus in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
Public-facing resume.
Born in Portland, Oregon.
Went to high school in Tucson, Arizona.
Currently resides in Seattle, Washington.

Web Development Skills

Javascript: Extensive use of jQuery, jQueryUI, jQuery Mobile, Prototype, Scriptaculous.
HTML: Code by hand, through PHP, and occasionally dJango.
CSS: Code by hand, though I have experience using CSS frameworks and working with libraries.

Human-Computer Interaction Skills

Interface Design: sketching, paper prototypes, Adobe Fireworks, HTML modeling.
Graphic Design: Adobe Fireworks (primarily), Adobe Photoshop.
User Research: structured/unstructured interviews, ethnography, contextual inquiry, surveys, heuristic evaluation, task analysis, card sorting.

Hobbies

My favorite place

Motorcycles (I ride a 2009 Harley-Davidson and 2010 Buell when weather provides).
Cars (Building a hotrod).
Drumming (playing weekly with group of musicians).
Technology (huge gadget-hound).
Food (horrible cook, great consumer).
Photography/Videography (Shoot with a Canon 30D, GoProHero HD, Sony PD-170).
History (took far too many courses while in college).

Language Skills

Fluent in French (4 years, studied abroad in Paris).
Beginner in Italian (1 year of courses, 1 visit to Italy).
Beginner in Swedish (2 quarters of study, multiple visits to Sweden).