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Learned to Program
Made "pong" and "Pacman" type games on a PET computer. Saved everything onto cassette tapes some of which I still have. -
Started working for WordPerfect
I worked in the bindery as a supervisor over the collator and quality control making all of the WordPerfect and DrawPerfect reference manuals. -
Mastered DrawPerfect
My husband and I were super excited to build our first really fast computer. It had 256M of memory which we couldn't imagine every using up. I got DrawPerfect for $20 it came on 6 - 3" disks and took hours to install. I spent the next several months mastering it and becoming a DrawPerfect expert and trainer. -
Switched from DOS to Windows 3.1
Quit working for a while in 1993 when I had a baby. When I came back to work everything had changed and I had to learn how to use Windows. -
First Cell Phone
It was a Nokia and only worked in the city. No service up the canyons or even going over the point of the mountain on the way to Salt Lake. -
Switched from DrawPerfect to Correll
Felt like a Trader but Correll had some really cool features and WordPerfect had been bought by Novel and wasn't going to be around much longer. -
Started working for HandSpring
Did tech support for the Handspring Deluxe and Treo. The Treo was one of the first smart phones -
Replaced my Franklin Planner!
I went digital and replaced my Franklin planner with a blue Handspring Visor Deluxe. -
Started working For Macromedia
Learned HTML and how to use Dreamweaver, Authorware and other Macromedia products. Was the team trainer and approved and processed all educational purchase orders. -
Switched from Correll Draw to Freehand
Bought Studio MX! Freehand was so much better and I learned how to use it in combination with Flash. Now I could animate my images. -
Worked on Census 2000
Went back to work part time as an enumerator working on the 2000 census. -
Went back to work for iBahn
Did tech support for a company that provided high speed internet for hotels. Worked with hotel engineers to set up internet for conferences at may of these hotels. -
Cisco Certified Network Engineer
Became a Cisco certified network engineer -
Ojo Video Phone
A short lived, overpriced forerunner to Face-time. I did tech support for this device for a short time. -
Xactware
Did tech support for Xactware - insurance adjusting software -
Dentrix
Did tech support and worked as a network engineer for Dentrix - Dental software company owned by Henry Schein. -
2010 Went back to school at UVU
I went back to school with the intention of getting a degree in business as a project manager. -
Switched from Freehand to Adobe Illustrator
I bought CS4 and one of the first classes I took when I went back to school taught me how to use Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign all three of which I use on a regular basis. -
HTML 5, CSS, Java Script
Learned to do more web development. -
Graduated from UVU
Graduated Summa Cum Laude (3.98 GPA)
BFA - Sculpture and Ceramics,
BS - Secondary Art Education,
Minor - Digital Media,
Minor - Art History -
Maya and Mudbox
Learned to do some 3-D animation -
Photoshop
Adobe Certified Associate -
Illustrator
Adobe Certified Associate -
CTE Endorsement
Finished my CTE Endorsement -
Canvas
Started using Canvas for my CTE Classes
