Dan Osmundson's profile answers

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.

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.

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....

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....

Collaborative, creative environment where folks care about what they do.

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.

I am looking for a creative web design position.

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....

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....

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!...