June 2, 2010

Hey! Basic Search Engine Optimization talk is posted

I was lucky to be able to present at Open Source Bridge on SEO and findability. I've posted my slides for the Making Information Findable on the web talk in PDF.

I hope you find them useful. Thanks for your interest.

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Posted by vj at 3:57 AM |

June 17, 2009

Fun Facts about VJ

  • I live in Portland, Oregon
  • I work as a Web Services Librarian for a Library Cooperative
  • I did the longest running non-commercial online guide to Portland, altPortland
  • I have an MS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois
  • I participated in their Online Graduate Education (LEEP) program while working full-time
  • I have 14 years of experience in Web administration
    • 8 years as the webmaster of a educational non-profit
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • image processing using Photoshop
    • PHP
    • MySQL
    • Unix command line
    • CMS usage & minor admin using Community Servers
    • blog administration using Movable Type, WordPress, and Blogger
  • I am all about wayfinding and findability, the process of getting from here to there, because the process and the experience are very important
  • BA, Creative Writing: Residential College, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Past hometowns:
    • Ann Arbor, MI
    • Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
    • Northville, MI
    • Livonia, MI
    • Kawkawlin, MI
    • Lexington, KY
    • Alpena, MI
  • Past jobs:
    • Webmaster
    • Home Economics Secretary
    • Marketing Associate
    • Approvals Clerk
    • Author Authority Clerk
    • Hot Dog stand manager
    • waitress
    • music reviewer
    • hand book binder
    • cab driver
  • Professional Affiliations:
    • Oregon Library Association
    • American Library Association
    • Public Libraries Division
    • PNW code4Lib
    • Portland, Oregon Drupal Users Group
  • contact me at -vickijean-at=gmail=dot=com-

Posted by VJ at 12:57 PM |