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At NetQoS, we have a number of different people blogging about their side-projects, about their personal lives, and I thought I'd take a moment this Friday to tell you about a few of them.
If you're a regular reader of the blog, feel free to leave a comment linking to your blog, and I'll be happy to write about it in a future post. (Assuming, of course, it's work-safe.)
So here are the blogs:
Ted Romer: Shoulda Gone With Cisco.
Ted Romer is one of our quality assurance network engineers, and in his spare time, his blog, "Shoulda gone with Cisco" deals with the technical aspects of selecting, using, and configuring Cisco hardware. On it, he's been helping people with questions about Cisco certifications - Ted teaches CCNA at high schools and local colleges in his spare time. He posts about once a week.
Some of his latest posts:
Russell Wilson is our resident User Interface Design expert. His official title is Director of Product Design. Not surprisingly, his blog deals with visual design. DexoDesign.com talks about "information aesthetics" and goes into detail about conceptualizing and designing user interfaces.
…Consistency does not mean sacrificing usability for the sake of code reuse! Again, I am a practical designer; I understand the various business and engineering considerations (time to market, cost, etc.). I'm not advocating reinventing the wheel. But I certainly don't think that a bicycle, motorcycle, van, or high-performance sports car should all share the same wheel design either!
Here are some of his latest posts:
- Consistency and Conceptual Integrity
- The politics of design, by Paul Rand
- The problem with sketching.
Tina Vaziri: The Adventures of Tina and Mr. Bee
This is the personal blog of illustrator Tina Vaziri, one of our graphic artists. It's mostly personal reflections but there are some of her illustrations on the site, including Mr. Bee, an anthropomorphic bee.
Some of her latest posts:
Carol Schiraldi: Carol's Little World
This is a photoblog from Senior Software Engineer Carol Schiraldi. Her work has even been talked about in her hometown paper, the Hill Country News. In addition to her photographs and photo illustrations, she also tends to delve into such things as her dislike of Dreamweaver and the idea of how people develop who tends to post photographs and photo illustrations pretty frequently, as well as delve into such things as her dislike of Dreamweaver.
Here are some of her latest posts:
Jennifer Sparks Harriman: Sparks Studio Blog
While Steve Harriman, our VP of Marketing, doesn't have a blog, his wife Jennifer Harriman, does. There are tons of cute, professionally shot photos on the photoblog, and some tips on what to look for when hiring a professional photographer.
Here are some of her latest posts:
And of course, I've got some side projects of my own. (What, you think that as a professional blogger, this would be my -only- blog?)
I write for GeeksAreSexy.net - don't be fooled by the title, it's safe for work - on general technology issues, such as when my hard drive crapped out. I also operate a "metablog" about all my blog projects (including my current big project, an indie documentary to be filmed in New Zealand).
Hope to hear from you about your projects and blogs. If you don't feel like leaving a comment, you can always e-mail me at brian.boyko@netqos.com.
