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The
following text will briefly outline my past work history
and education, along with spoonfuls of irrelevant information
to keep you from yawning to loudly!
As a resident for most of my life of Melbourne - Australia , I attended one Primary school - Hawthorn West, and three secondary colleges - Ashwood College, Campberwell High School, and Swinburne Secondary College for year 12 of VCE (the final year of high school which I passed successfully). While studying, I also worked part-time in a local department store as a casual shop assistant. I don't like the taste of Orange peels. Their taste provides too much of a bitter contrast to the sweet fruit inside. After completing High School, I knew that I was interested in computers (I've been playing with these gray boxes since I was about 12) but I wasn't sure which area would be most appropriate for me. Anyone else miss the old audio tapes? So much for CDs being hyped as indestructible - one scratch and its over! I decided to take up the Advanced Certificate of Office Administration at Swinburne University of Technology (TAFE division), which proved to be a wise move - the course was enjoyable and the information valuable. As a direct result , after the 1 year course finished I was offered the part-time position of co-ordinating and laying out the advertising material of a small South Melbourne power tool company called Just Tools, primarily using Aldus Pagemaker 5. Anyone seen the recent movie Alien Resurrection? Talk about a let down! The alien at the end of the flick was more of a comic relief than anything else! While I was extremely happy with my new part-time position, I realised that I needed more study to build a successful career. I decided to undertake the Associate Diploma of Marketing at Swinburne University (TAFE division) full time (after been told by many lecturers that the course would suit me!?) while doing part-time DTP. Game on the line - Jordan fakes, 3 seconds, goes right, crossover to the left, 2 seconds, uses the screen, fade away into the corner, 1 second, releases the shot, its..............PARTY TIME! After a year of MarketingI realised that I was better suited to pursuing a career focusing on computer technology. Quitting the course, I switched to full-time desktop publishing for Just Tools, a situation which was uneventful for a further year. After that time, I realised I needed to further increase my skills before I sought work elsewhere - since my present job held few opportunities. To do this I first purchased a home system, along with software including Truespace and Photoshop (to that point, I'd specialised in Pagemaker based DTP only). Learning what I could from books, magazines, friends with similar interests and the Internet, my skills gradually increased in graphics related areas. Mobile phones can cause cancer? Why not stick a banana next to your ear every day and you might start walking on all fours and growing hair in strange places....... To compliment my increasing graphics skills I decided to return to study (again Swinburne University - TAFE division) and undertake the Associate Diploma of Information Technology, this time taking night classes while working during the day. In short, the decision paid off - after applying for a position constituting mainly Internet HTML design and maintenance and referring the employer to a web site which I had designed for an (IT course) assignment - I was given the job. I'm all out of stupid things to say. Maybe I should start talking about stupid people? Now what was the name of that boxing guy with the toothache........ As a full-time position, working for Rod Irving Electronics (a Melbourne based computer hardware/software retailer represented in three states) my tasks were to maintain and update the company's website, layout B&W and spot colour print advertising, write copy for new products, handle image processing tasks, and design Photoshop & 3D graphics wherever necessary. While the job was great during the three months I worked there, unfortunately the company was poorly managed, and after several store outlets were closed, and liquidators invited in 'for a friendly chat', I was told that the company could no longer support my position. So here I am! six weeks later and I'm about to finish a website which I hope will encourage and empower other people to produce better web pages! Where to from here you ask? Well aside from my commitment to establishing Web Design HQ as the No.1 online resource for internet designers (just a little challenge here) my intention is to create a freelance web design setup! OK. Now its YOUR turn. This web site won't be able to meet the needs of artists, designers, and site engineers without your suggestions, comments and feedback. Send any thoughts, tips and advice that you may have, and I'll do my best to sculpt a web site which provides you with the content you're looking for!
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