curriculum vitae / resume
» education
2008 » University of Alberta
Master of Arts (Humanities Computing)
Edmonton, Alberta
2002 » University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Arts (English)
Vancouver, BC
Bachelor of Arts (English)
Vancouver, BC
Work Experience
I have a wide range of experience working with digital technologies in enterprise, educational, and startup contexts. Below are some more in-depth details of what experience I have put into practice over the past few years.
Research Web Developer / Project Manager
July 2007 – present » Athabasca University
Edmonton, Alberta
Help Development Lead
June, 2003 – July 2007 » GE Fanuc, a subsidiary of General Electric
Edmonton, Alberta
Web Developer
April, 2003 – June, 2003 » Sandcastle Inc
Edmonton, Alberta
Freelance Designer/Developer
2003 – Present » static·red light industries (http://staticred.net)
Edmonton, AB
New Media Specialist, Webmaster
May, 2002 – January, 2003 » Matrikon Inc (http://www.matrikon.com)
Edmonton AB
Creative Director
March, 2000 – March, 2002 » Merilus Inc (http://www.merilus.com, now defunct)
Chilliwack, BC
March, 2000 – March, 2002 » Merilus Inc (http://www.merilus.com, now defunct)
Chilliwack, BC
Technical Writer, Webmaster
August, 1999 – March, 2000 » WorldGate Inc (now defunct)
Edmonton, AB
August, 1999 – March, 2000 » WorldGate Inc (now defunct)
Edmonton, AB
Technical Writer
1998-1999 » NetMaster (now Merilus Inc)
Chilliwack, BC
1998-1999 » NetMaster (now Merilus Inc)
Chilliwack, BC
Publications, Conferences, and Awards
Excerpts/copies are available upon request.
Books and Book Chapters
Apache Essentials: Install, Configure, Maintain Friends of Ed, May 2004 “Where do I start?” Practical Intranet Development Glasshaus, 2003
[ with Kirsten C. Uszkalo ] “Consider the source: Considerations of the Medium of Social Media” The Boundaries of Literature. Paul Budra and Clint Burnam, Eds. (forthcoming)
Articles and Proceedings
Tin, Tony, Honxing Geng, Rory McGreal, and Darren James Harkness. “The Athabasca University Library Digital Reading Room: An iPhone Implementation” M-Libraries 2. London: Facet Press: 2010. Forthcoming.
"Where are the digital humanities scholars? A call to arms.” Digital Humanities Quarterly (forthcoming).
[ with Kirsten C. Uszkalo ] “Normalizing Identity: The Role of Blogging Software in Creating Digital Identity.” Proceedings of The 20th Joint International Conference of the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing, and the Association for Computers and the Humanities and The 1st Joint International Conference of the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing, the Association for Computers and the Humanities, and the Society for Digital Humanities. Digital Humanities 2008. University of Oulu: English Philology, 2008
“A Guide to Content Management Systems“ cramsession.com
“Apache for Webheads” cramsession.com
“CSS for Boneheads: Basic Training for Web Infantry” cramsession.com
“CSS for Boneheads: Zen Web” cramsession.com
“CSS for Boneheads: Printer-perfect pages” cramsession.com
“CSS for Managers” cramsession.com
“Feeling Included: Using SSI and ASP to manage your website” cramsession.com
“Linux for Webheads” cramsession.com
“CramSession.com Linux+ Certification Practice Exam.”
“Cramsession.com MCSE Practice Exam.”
conferences
[with Rory McGreal. ] “AUpress on iPhone: A Stanza Implementation” International Conference on Computer and Instructional Technology. Rio de Janiero. 29-31 March, 2010.
[ with Kirsten C. Uszkalo. ] “Normalizing Identity: The Role of Blogging Software in Creating Digital Identity” Digital Humanities Oulu, Finland 25-29 June 2008.
[ with Kirsten C. Uszkalo ] "The Witches in Early Modern England Project" [poster presentation]. Text Encoding Initiative; 2006 Annual Member"s Meeting. Victoria, BC. 27-28 October 2006.
[ with Kirsten C. Uszkalo ] “Wrangling Witches” MEMI Symposium. Edmonton. December 2004.
research assistance
Stan Ruecker & Kirsten C. Uszkalo » Witches of early modern England online resource. University of Alberta
awards
Athabasca University Academic & Professional Development Fund June 2008
Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship July 2005
Graduate Student Scholarship December 2005