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Myspace or Facebook (or neither)?

I'm on Facebook, but the onslaught of news about people adding or using applications that I don't care about is driving me away. Myspace is such a train wreck of design and usability that causes me to brace myself every time I click on someone's myspace link -- if I click on the link at all....

Posted @ 10:08AM, December 28, 2007 by Benjamin Turner | Permalink
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Work history

Jobster July 2006 to the present
Lead Software Engineer

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How would you describe your time at Jobster?

I currently work on Jobster's public website, adding features related to customer and company profiles. I've also worked on Jobster's recruiter application, which provides tools for recruiters at other companies to help them track potential candidates.
Amazon.com November 2002 to July 2006
Software Development Engineer II

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How would you describe your time at Amazon.com?

At Amazon, I re-built the Your Account Order History, Order Details, and Edit Order features for Amazon and partner websites, paying special attention to performance and security issues.

When I moved the Performance/Monitoring team, I developed a new hardware/software monitoring portal for
Amazon engineers, incorporating multiple types of visualization techniques for keeping tabs on the many thousands of data streams regarding performance, reliability, etc.... read more
WhoWhere (Lycos) October 1998 to October 2002
Software Engineer

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How would you describe your time at WhoWhere (Lycos)?

At WhoWhere, I extended the company's personal home page building software (used by many partners to offer their visitors ways to build their own home pages). I also built a new central registration and profile management front-end that unified all of Lycos' properties under a single sign-on and registration system. I built a new email address book application, including a general application framework supporting multiple brands and multiple languages (we implemented Spanish and English). I was also responsible for writing a reliable messaging receiver for information about what products our customers had purchased via a remote purchasing application and update our local database with this information in a fully automated way.... read more
Apple June 1996 to August 1998
Employee

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How would you describe your time at Apple?

I worked for Apple's build and release department, which ensured that all software built by Apple had its source code and build tools documented and archived. I also worked on tools for breaking down Apple's domestic software installers and turning them into internationalized software installation packages.... read more

Education

University Of Washington January 2006 to December 2006
User Centered Design

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How would you describe your time at University Of Washington?

The Certificate in User Centered Design is a great program that covers topics such as designing and running usability tests, contextual inquiry, and cognitive psychology.
Computer Science

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How would you describe your time at University of San Francisco...?

At USF, I majored in Computer Science, with minors in Math and English Literature. I worked for the school's weekly newspaper, The Foghorn, served on the student body's Judicial Board, participated in several singing groups on campus, and worked for the University's computer labs and the graphic design center.... read more

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