About Me

I’m a designer, arm-chair philosopher, and kayaker. But no, I can’t fix your fax machine.

Me

Me, somewhere in Germany

The beauty (and the challenge) of  online communications is its ability to quickly change.  Online the action taken can happen in fractions of seconds, allowing for limitless possibilities. Making use of this medium wisely is key to how I approach online communications, as it can be a powerful tool for good, or for bad.

With more than ten years of experience in online communications, I’ve seen good and bad approaches to online communications. Yeah, okay, I’ve done some of those good and bad things myself. My experience has been predominantly in higher education – one of those unique industries where one has to be both a little crazy to work in and have a huge dose of enthusiasm and creativity too. I LOVE it. Did I mention I’m a little crazy?

In 2011 I left my role at Keene State College as Director of Marketing and Communications to return to my true passion – building things and getting my hands a little dirty with the raw work of any creative project.

At the same time I’m a proud graduate student at Umass Amherst in the Learning, Media, and Technology program. I entered the program because my various roles have led me to work closely with instructional designers. Much of the time there is a great deal of overlap as well as give-and-take between the two areas. Not only is collaboration with these learning experts always a great experience, they use technology in innovative and creative ways to foster learning. Entering the program at UMass means a little extra driving a couple of days a week, but it’s worth it. Did I mention I’m a little crazy?

Five Random Personal Facts

  1. I’m a graduate student in the M.Ed. Learning, Media, and Technology program at UMass Amherst.
  2. I work on a PC, but I’m really a MAC.
  3. I live in New Hampshire with my partner, 1 kayaking Sheltie, 1 zen-like and very wise Heinz-57 dog with a pacemaker, 1 partially blind and deaf cat, and 1 really demanding cockatiel. It’s a little like Noah’s ark minus the mess.
  4. I’m addicted to kayaking , photography, and travel.
  5. I have this crazy goal of traveling to every state in the country for random road/photo trips. I’ve only visited two state so far with this as a primary purpose. It’s going to take a loooooong time to accomplish this goal!