http://www.jobster.com/at/person/show/256166?hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/assets/images/jobster/logos/rss_logo.gif http://www.jobster.com/at/person/show/256166?hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:19:57 GMT Most recently updated answers by Dan Osmundson http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/422507?answer_class=AnswerBase A-ha, great question. The most challenging aspect of my work here is effectively learning what a client needs. Getting the client to understand that nothing is inconsequential to the decision making process for designing a website, redesigning a website, or simply adding a feature to a website. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:19:57 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/422507?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/422506?answer_class=AnswerBase Well, it was actually a no-brainer. If I was going to be the president I was going to hire the best person for the job, me. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:19:27 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/422506?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/422500?answer_class=AnswerBase I had to work in a .Net environment on a virtual server to test pages that were under development. As a contractor it was a challenge to get the proper environment set up and to know when "that" was actually the case. It was a bit tricky to get the hang of the work-flow which changed by the minute as the development team and UI team shifted focus to work out dev and UI bugs. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:56:03 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/422500?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/255307?answer_class=AnswerBase Technical/Creative * Create computer graphic design, websites and audio-visual interactive computer designs * Create website maintenance tutorials (video and other media) for some web design services * Create works in oil on canvas, and wearable art Administrative/Sales * Market and sell original and custom designs and paintings - see samples: http://dano-dna.com/art.shtml http://dano-dna.com/web.shtml http://dano-dna.com/dimaging.shtml http://dano-dna.spreadshirt.com/ http://www.cafepress.com/dano_dna_tees/ More detail on this work history... After graduating from St. Olaf College I embarked on a career in Fine Art. I supported this work, as most artists do, with another job; for me this entailed childcare. I was a nanny for three years, from 1990 - 1993. I had a brief hiatus from childcare, just focusing on painting, then I had one more childcare gig from January through August of 1994. From August through December I worked with Target Corporation helping to keep product stocked and fresh! All throughout the childcare and Target work, I kept a painting studio and traveled to Europe a few times before heading off to graduate school to refine techniques and explore/discover new media: the computer and digital media. I've kept up this freelance art/design business (mostly oils and fine art T-shirts, but also within the last 10 years some digital/interactive media: digital- audio and video, animation, interactive CD-ROM and websites) through various support-type jobs (as mentioned), two careers, and recently have decided to shift gears again. In this move, I am getting back to some of the fine art that I've done and am marketing it via today's marketplace, the Internet. Soon, I will also be offering web design (and related) services via dano-design.com. Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:27:18 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/255307?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/132829?answer_class=AnswerBase I broadened my horizons with exploration in painting and drawing, as well as in digital interactive media: animation, video, audio, etc. Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:28:55 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/132829?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/132826?answer_class=AnswerBase I grew as an artist and further opened my mind to other cultures. Fri, 18 May 2007 01:32:28 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/132826?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/131845?answer_class=AnswerBase I was hired as the Program Chair of Visual Communications. There was no secret for me being hired at Ivy Tech. I had the experience and degree that they sought for a Program Chair in Visual Communications. Thu, 17 May 2007 11:39:16 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/131845?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/131844?answer_class=AnswerBase I worked in the School of Education's (SOE) Center for Instructional Materials and Computing (CIMC) as the Computer Lab Manager. #1- I really liked working with all of the people: co-workers, students and faculty. #2- The SOE supported the Art Department, so I made use of my graduate experiences often, working to support undergrads, graduate students, alumni, faculty and staff in various types of projects. #3- I left this position on great terms with folks at the CIMC and still have contact with my previous employer. Tue, 15 May 2007 04:23:22 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/131844?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/357374?answer_class=AnswerBase I'm looking for a web design position with a close knit design group. I'd like a position in which I can utilize my creative and technical expertise through effective presentation of information. Moving into the next leg of my career I would like to do contract jobs and freelance web design (initially) to get a variety of experiences. If a particular contract is a good fit and there is a possibility to move into a full-time position, I'll do that. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:14:27 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/357374?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/199661?answer_class=AnswerBase I'd like to be a musician but I would need to learn a lot more and practice a lot! I really like guitar and accordion (and lots of other bellowed instruments)!... I'm mostly self taught - so far the only instruction that I've received have been from my grandmother on the piano when I was around 8 years old... I really don't remember much of this. I also took a group guitar lesson which was very helpful to get me from very choppily playing chords to playing and singing songs. Another fun possibility for me would be a golf pro... I'd really like to just golf a lot. At one time I was pretty good with a handicap of ~6. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:11:07 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/199661?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/357371?answer_class=AnswerBase Collaborative, creative environment where folks care about what they do. Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:22:30 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/357371?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/199660?answer_class=AnswerBase Wendell Arneson was my most influential mentor. First he loaded us with drawing and painting techniques and mark making exploration to help us learn what we might like. He then taught, through the example of painting, that you don't always have know what you're going to paint before you begin... happy accidents are welcome. Keep an open mind to lots of possibilities or you MIGHT NOT do all that you could do. I realize this is a creative approach to art but it is a great basis for beginning a more creative design project, as well. I love the way he thinks and produces art. He's also a heck of a guy and a great golfer! Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:01:42 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/199660?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/275179?answer_class=AnswerBase I like a open, collaborative environment where folks can appreciate and are interested in what I do and I can appreciate and will be interested in what they do. Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:57:39 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/275179?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/275171?answer_class=AnswerBase I am looking for a creative web design position. Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:19:32 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/275171?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/199656?answer_class=AnswerBase I'd pay the taxes on the 50 million, invest a lot of it, give some away to good causes and have some fun occasionally, saving and investing the rest. Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:34:02 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/199656?answer_class=AnswerBase http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/199655?answer_class=AnswerBase I worked for my uncle's moving company on what I thought would be a 2-week jaunt from Minnesota to California and back... Things didn't work out as planned, so in addition to the California moves I ended up hitting (loading/moving/delivering) Illinois, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico (got to see an old school friend there), Louisiana and Florida... then back to Minnesota, finally after 7-weeks! It was memorable but not so enjoyable, as my accommodations were the truck for all but one night at a cheap motel. This was very LABOR INTENSIVE WORK!... and I knew after this that I would not make a living as a mover :)... Fri, 18 May 2007 01:19:33 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/199655?answer_class=AnswerBase