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Education |
| Case Western Reserve University |
May 1992 Graduation |
| Bachelor of Arts in History; Minors in Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy, and English |
| Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies |
August 1993 - May 1994 |
| Candidate for Master of Arts Degree in English |
Employment Experience |
| Digital Media Services |
May 1992 - present |
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As Hypermedia Systems Manager, currently serve as Project Director and primary administrator of CWRU's official World Wide Web server and campus-wide information system, and as manager of various advanced technology projects such as the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.
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| University Libraries Microcomputer Labs |
August 1989 - May 1992 |
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Responsible for monitoring a public microcomputer lab. Required to solve technical problems and assist users in a prompt and friendly manner with the operation of both hardware and software using the campus network.
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| Banks-Baldwin Law Publishing Company |
March 1991 - August 1991 |
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Hired as an applications programmer and to assist in the creation of a legal hypertext system. Helped install hardware and software for a PC Novell network.
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| Marion Merrel Dow Pharmaceuticals |
June 1990 - August 1990 |
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Assigned to Marion Merrel Dow Pharmaceuticals (Lakeside Division) as a member of the Decision Support department; responsible for the creation of divisional, regional, and national territory maps as part of a nationwide sales force realignment project.
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Professional Experience |
| Operating Systems |
MacOS 8.6, Windows95/98, Solaris 2.7 |
| Languages |
HTML, CSS, SVG, XML, PASCAL, Perl, Clipper, BASIC |
| Software |
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia FreeHand, BBEdit, Claris FileMaker Pro, Strata StudioPro, Specular Infini-D, and many others |
| Affiliations |
Invited Expert, CSS&FP Working Group, World Wide Web Consortium
Committee Member, CSS Advisory Committee, Web Standards Project
Webmasters' Guild
HTML Writers Guild
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Selected Publications |
| "A Quick Look at CSS2" |
Web Techniques, January 1999 |
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Part of the issue's cover story, this feature article provides an overview of new properties and features of CSS2, along with sidebar detailing a few tricks for making CSS1 behave a little better.
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| "Why Browsers Aren't Standardized" |
Webmonkey, September 1998 |
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Another cover story, this opinion piece looks at how browsers can get out of step with standards, why correcting the problem is tougher than it might seem, and how the W3C could help ease the situation.
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| CSS1 Test Suite |
W3C server, May 1998 |
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The first official test suite published by the W3C, this suite provides tests for all properties and other features of CSS1 in a vendor-neutral environment. This suite has been instrumental in the advancement of CSS support in a number of Web browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, and Opera.
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| "A Sense of Style" |
Web Review, October 1997 - present |
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A monthly column devoted to style sheets: how to use them, interesting tricks, common problems, emerging standards and changes to existing standards, and much more. Notable articles include Help! My CSS Isn't Working, Serving Up Navigational Styles, Playing For Position, and Common Myths of CSS.
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| Style Sheets Reference Guide |
September 1997 |
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The Guide currently includes a table charting CSS1 implementations in major Web browsers, lists of safe and unsafe CSS1 properties, articles about style sheets, and many other resources. The charts are a frequently-cited resource on Usenet, and are highly regarded among experts in the field of CSS authoring; in addition, the Leader Board figures are often cited in corporate press releases and in public discussions of CSS implementations.
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| Borealis Image Server |
Computer Networks and ISDN Systems 28 (May 1996) |
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This article described a new type of Web-based image server. The primary aim of the Borealis project is to provide a low-cost method of organizing and serving large numbers of images; these images are 'watermarked' in an attempt to assert intellectual and legal ownership.
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| Introduction to HTML |
CWRU server, June 1995 |
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This tutorial has been called the best on-line HTML tutorial by MacWorld and was named one of "The World Wide Web Top 1000" by Point Communications Corporation.
Introduction to HTML has also been used as a resource for numerous college courses, as an employee reference for departments of various governments and military organizations as well as for major corporations, and was the recommended HTML tutorial of the HTML Writers Guild. Followed by two sequels.
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Presentations And Awards |
| Eighth International World Wide Web Conference |
May 1999 |
The Development of the CSS Test Suites |
| Seventh International World Wide Web Conference |
April 1998 |
Stress Testing Browsers: CSS Test Suites |
| Sixth International World Wide Web Conference |
April 1997 |
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Borealis Redux: The Evolution of an Image Server (poster)
Design Issues for Web-Based Teaching Materials (poster)
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| Society for Critical Exchange |
March 1997 |
Hypertext, Filtering, and the User |
| Society of Ohio Archivists |
September 1996 |
Information Technology Trends |
| Fifth International World Wide Web Conference |
May 1996 |
Borealis Image Server |
| American Association of Law Libraries Summer Institute |
July 1995 |
An Introduction to HTML |
| NORASIS |
March 1995 |
Web Browsers: Features and Limitations |
| CWRU English Department |
May 1992 |
2nd place, Holden Prize for the best English paper written by an undergraduate student
3rd place, Helen B. Sharnoff Award for the best formal poetry by an undergraduate student |
Volunteer Experience |
| Beck Center for the Arts |
Lakewood, OH |
Acted and worked technical crew for a number of Main Stage productions, including Arsenic and Old Lace, The Secret Garden, Chess, and Hair; and was Stage Manager for I Hate Hamlet and The Lisbon Traviata.
Present activities include being Editor of the Center's quarterly newsletter, Cues & Views, which involves such duties as conducting interviews, making content selections, proofreading articles, and determining overall layout for each page.
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| WRUW-FM |
Cleveland, OH |
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Fully qualified radio broadcaster with more than three hundred hours of air time. Also served as Layout Editor for the WRUW Spring 1990 Program Guide, which included the design of pages and technical support for the station's desktop computer. Current activities include hosting the weekly show "Your Father's Oldsmobile," featuring music from the period 1920-1950, and assistance in producing "Duke's Place," a look at the life and music of Duke Ellington.
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Qualities |
| Creative, enthusiastic, reliable, innovative, affable. |
Updated 15 November 1999
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