Something of a meme...
Dec. 31st, 2006 01:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tcepsaIt seems that I've become a rather avid reader of the Creating Passionate Users blog. A recent post there asked some interesting "getting to know you" kinds of questions, so I figured I'd post my response here as well since it's a way for people to get to know me a little better.
Without further ado, my answers:
1) Most fun work I've ever done would probably have to be my current job as a web application designer because I am getting to interact with all sorts of incredibly fun and challenging aspects of the project from Javascript/DHTML to Database Design. It is especially great that I'm given enough freedom to fully engage my creativity and enough direction that I don't lose focus in the process.
2) A. One thing I did in the past that I no longer do but wish I did is pretend more; I used to make up these fantastic adventures with my friends, but I seem to have lost the knack for it (can't get my suspension of disbelief going as well as I used to be able to...)
2) B. One thing I've always wanted to do but keep putting off is write a book; it seems like it is one of those things that's reserved for Experts on Subjects of Great Importance, and Book Writers (plus the ever-popular "I don't have enough time" ;)
3) A. Two things I would most like to learn or be better at are music reading and playing on my instruments, and computer science (to use a catchall). Music because it is such a beautiful thing and I want to be able to create it and share it with others that they might experience some of the same feelings that it evokes in me, and computer science because it has so many challenges and the better I get at it the more engaging the problems seem to become.
3) B. If I could take a class/workshop/apprentice from anyone in the world living or dead, who would it be and what would I hope to learn? (I promise that I'm not just kissing up here...) I would want to take a class, workshop, or better yet, an apprenticeship with the Head First authors and team. I'd hope to learn more about all of the technologies that they are involved with, and about communicating not just the information of those technologies but the passion that they have for them.
4) A. Three words my best friends or family might use to describe me are enthusiastic, brilliant, and patient.
4) B. Two more words that I wish described me are socially confident.
5) My top three passions are creating, learning, and teaching
6) One additional question that I would ask someone is, "What is one more thing that you could be doing currently to move your life in the direction that you would like it to go?" My answer is that I could start taking some music lessons (which is currently a little bit terrifying because of how bad I think I am) and getting involved in some local technology groups.
Without further ado, my answers:
1) Most fun work I've ever done would probably have to be my current job as a web application designer because I am getting to interact with all sorts of incredibly fun and challenging aspects of the project from Javascript/DHTML to Database Design. It is especially great that I'm given enough freedom to fully engage my creativity and enough direction that I don't lose focus in the process.
2) A. One thing I did in the past that I no longer do but wish I did is pretend more; I used to make up these fantastic adventures with my friends, but I seem to have lost the knack for it (can't get my suspension of disbelief going as well as I used to be able to...)
2) B. One thing I've always wanted to do but keep putting off is write a book; it seems like it is one of those things that's reserved for Experts on Subjects of Great Importance, and Book Writers (plus the ever-popular "I don't have enough time" ;)
3) A. Two things I would most like to learn or be better at are music reading and playing on my instruments, and computer science (to use a catchall). Music because it is such a beautiful thing and I want to be able to create it and share it with others that they might experience some of the same feelings that it evokes in me, and computer science because it has so many challenges and the better I get at it the more engaging the problems seem to become.
3) B. If I could take a class/workshop/apprentice from anyone in the world living or dead, who would it be and what would I hope to learn? (I promise that I'm not just kissing up here...) I would want to take a class, workshop, or better yet, an apprenticeship with the Head First authors and team. I'd hope to learn more about all of the technologies that they are involved with, and about communicating not just the information of those technologies but the passion that they have for them.
4) A. Three words my best friends or family might use to describe me are enthusiastic, brilliant, and patient.
4) B. Two more words that I wish described me are socially confident.
5) My top three passions are creating, learning, and teaching
6) One additional question that I would ask someone is, "What is one more thing that you could be doing currently to move your life in the direction that you would like it to go?" My answer is that I could start taking some music lessons (which is currently a little bit terrifying because of how bad I think I am) and getting involved in some local technology groups.
