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"Being deeply rooted in standards and accessibility,
I feel every developer and designer's frustration at the fact that all browsers do not do the same things with the same lines of code. This makes absolutely no sense to me, and furthermore I feel that it just drives up the cost of web design since it creates more work and requires more skill & knowledge for the developer. Web projects would get done much faster, and probably much cheaper, if we as developers knew with unwavering certainty that each element of HTML, and each CSS rule was going to look and behave the exact same in every browser everytime."
Here's my Email: jwhite@3dotmedia.com
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J a y W h i t e
Specialty Graphic Design,
Web-Layout, Security, SEO & SEM
EducationAMT Technology Training (Network Administration & TCP/IP)
Interests Social studies & issues, map reading, drawing & painting, composing music, science & technology, dogs, cooking & eating exotic foods, traveling & spending time with my kids.
Connect with me on
Linkedin.com or 3Blog
Goals & Hopes I would sincerely like to see Youngstown, Ohio become a world-class technology-oriented city.
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Jay White - In his own words
I'm a person who loves creativity and challenging circumstances. Going back to childhood I used to draw and write stories, invent countries with coresponding maps and made-up facts, as well as other imaginative activities. Later in my teen and early adult years, I got into music and that brought me to technology. My mother thought I was wierd because when I was a kid, I would read the phone book. The numbers and how they all lined up was so orderly and neat to me, and it all said something about something - whether it be what side of town or section of the city the number went to, or some other tid-bit of information. Iit was just fascinating to me. So data and keeping it organized was also a natural progression for me to get deeper into as I began to experiment more with computers and data sytems.
Not long after being introduced to computers as a medium to compose and edit music, I gradually made the shift to an almost exclusive focus on computer systems. I enrolled in a school, AMT Technology Training Centers in Cleveland with the sole purpose of receiving an A+ Certification from CompTIA. It was there that I was introduced to network systems and TCP/IP, which I immediately fell in love with. I was never totally ignorant to computers and network technology, but on the other hand was never placed into an in-depth study and personal analysis of the theories and technology behind everything of it.
After completing school, I began my career (before leaving school actually) as a computer technician for a rent-to-own company. I quickly was placed in charge of overseeing and maintaing computers at three locations under the enterprise. After the position there ended, I landed several one and two-day projects, which is how I realized that I could be an independent computer network systems contractor for my computer and network services.
While being in several situations where I had to build, maintain, assess, or repair network hardware and logical infrastructure I quickly became savvy in Windows based network environments, and how to do advanced activities. No longer was I just a computer technician editing registries, or swapping out hard-drives, but now I was creating log-on scripts, editing accounts in Active Directory, and setting (and sometimes detangling) file and folder permissions, or doing some complex server configuration in Kansas from a terminal in Cleveland. My skills took me all across the United States on short-term contracts and consulting gigs.
At some point in time, my artistic roots led me to graphic design with computers and software. Immediately I was introduced to Adobe Photoshop (Photoshop 5 or 6 then, I can't quite remember), and never looked back. While hanging around with my cousin one day, I was scanning his library of computer books and saw a 1000+ page book titled HTML. I asked what it was all about (imagine not knowing what HTML is !!) and when he told me, I was intrigued. I had never thought about what went into creating a web page, or that a web page even had to be created! I began teaching myself HTML, and eventually learned that my graphics could be good for visually appealing web page design. Over the course of a few years, I created and launched several webites, and was afforded valuable - although at times extremely frustrtating - lessons in web design and administration.
While in Dallas doing a project with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, I was offered a web administrator position with an Irving, Texas company called H.D. Vest Financial Services. While there, I became well educated in working as a key player in a corporate environment. My opinion was often sought after for big decisions and concerns, and I was very much expected to have proficient - if not expert - insight into practices and web technology to keep the company website in tip-top shape.
Working at H.D. Vest also spoiled me as I had access to all of the cutting-edge design and development tools such as Adobe CS3, Microsoft Visual Studio, and some other goodies. I also learned how to establish and maintain an efficient and logical development environment.
The educational opportunities from being around so many skilled and expert I.T. specialists and programmers at H.D.Vest was a gold mine of knowledge and practices that really elevated me to the skill-level that I'm at today. It was there that I learned how a development environment is most efficiently set up, and how to properly manage a website of such grand stature. It is without a doubt an experience that I will not soon forget, and one that really opened my eyes and established the confidence that an I.T. pro and web developer needs in order to make his or her way in this technically business-driven world.
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