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New job: Web Analyst

Jake — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:14:54 +0000

2 weeks ago, I moved into the Internet Services department as a Web Analyst. My job is to field client requests for new pages, updates to current pages, add/remove/update graphics on pages, for their magazine subscription pages and e-mailers.

I am enjoying the job a lot already, and am learning a ton along the way. I am a self taught web designer, so I knew most of the ins-and-outs of the trade, but now I am dealing with a lot more intuitive web programming and my company is making it very easy to learn what I need to know. It’s like getting a second college degree on the job.

Hurrah, iPhone!

Jake — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:01:53 +0000

After working extensive overtime hours (the only way I was allowed to pay for it) I have purchased my iPhone! Thanks to the $200 price drop, it came a little sooner that i planned. And I am already in love with it.

I have already successfully hacked my iPhone and added lots of cool 3rd party applications and modifications. I choose to use AT&T just to keep cool features like visual voice mail. But iPhone hackers have already made it available on other networks.

After a day to play with my iPhone, I am amazed at how revolutionary it is, and would never go back to a lesser phone. Being able to pull up a road map, search for a specific destination, like Pizza Hut, and getting detailed instructions on how to get there, phone numbers, and links to corresponding websites; it is in some ways life-changing. No more carrying a road map in the car for a trip. No more cell phone and iPod filling up my pockets. No more laptop needed to business trips to stay connected to email. And the list keeps going.

Some screen shots and photos taken directly from my iPhone:

Keep an eye on my Flickr to see photos taken and uploaded directly from my iPhone.

If you stumbled across this page while searching for info on the iPhone, check out iPhone Alley or iPhone Central. And the only app you ever need to download for your iPhone is Installer.app.

How to Write a 2-Week Notice

Jake — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:04:52 +0000

With great pleasure I am eager to announce to you all that i will be putting my 2 week notice in at Mercy Medical Center today! I was offered a position at CDS (Communications Data Services) today during my 2nd interview. I will be starting the 19th as a Document Development Technician, and will be in training for 3-4 weeks.

CDS is a ‘magazine fullfilment’ company that manages subscription services for most of the major magazines in the US, and has branches in Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia. The department I will be involved with handles these clients and works with them to layout and produce the mailers and magazine inserts.

For me this is a huge advancement, for the first time in more years than I can remember I will be working a day-shift job (having worked 2nd shift and Mercy Hospital for almost 2years). And I think my wife is even more excited than I am, she can’t wait to be able to have me home for dinner on a normal basis. Besides all that though, its a great company with plenty of room for advancement, great benefits, tuition reimbursement, 401k, PTO, and last but not least, casual dress code!