Mike N Garrett

Designer

Hello@KernMe.org

Mike Says: I'm a 3:06pm, baaaabyyyyy, so why don't you kill me? DO it: http://plylk.it/ctY7Cc High FIVE!

NJI New Media is looking for a few good developers. Front-end and back-end Devs needed. Drupal and Wordpress experience is a plus. Contact me: hello@kernme.org



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Watch Me Work


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10k Apart App Submission

My app has been submitted successfully to the 10k Apart contest. I wrote an app called Type is Good. It’s also located on my server.


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DODOcase for iPad

Consider this a personal endorsement. DODOcase is an amazing case for your iPad. These guys use traditional bookbinding techniques and materials to produce a high-quality case. Get a DODOcase iPad Case!


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Job Searching for Designers

If you’re looking for a design job on Monster and Career Building you’re definitely in the wrong place. Here are a few of the right places to look: Authentic Jobs, Simply Hired, Mashable Jobs, Smashing Jobs, Freelance Switch, Craigslist (seriously), Indeed, Coroflot, Behance, AIGA (members only), Krop, How Magazine, 37Signals, LinkedIn, Web Designer Wall, Fresh Web Jobs, FWA, Design:Related, All Dev Jobs, JS Ninja, Boxes and Arrows, Your Web Job, CrunchBoard, ReadWriteWeb & Ars Technica. Am I missing any?


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US States Resource

I’ve been working with forms and states a LOT lately. A bunch of resources offer different formats of lists of states, but they’re all in different places around the web. Here’s a single resource with a number of formats, including PHP array, select (option) html, select (option) html with abbreviations, abbreviation + full name separated by “|” for Drupal and single list of all states. All available in a single zipped file of text documents.



Lifestream

September 3rd
Listened to 48 songs.
at 10:03pm from Last.fm
September 3rd
Purchased QRANK - Your Social Trivia Addiction - Ricochet Labs
at 8:19pm from iTunes
September 3rd
I'm a 3:06pm, baaaabyyyyy, so why don't you kill me? DO it: http://plylk.it/ctY7Cc High FIVE!

at 7:20pm from Twitter
September 3rd
RT @JeffersonHotel: Has Hurricane Earl forced you to cancel your beach plans? We'd love to have you visit with us at The Jefferson!

at 6:40pm from Twitter
Today
If you haven't tried Ping for iTunes 10 yet I believe you should check it out. Then add me: http://bit.ly/94ndWD

at 4:19pm from Twitter
Today
RT @JimCantore: Feeling the love here on Hatteras Island. http://twitpic.com/2kjqbh

at 3:39pm from Twitter
Today
I found a nice alternative to the iTunes logo: http://bit.ly/d8Jd7o

at 2:58pm from Twitter
Today
Feels a little horsey to me... RT @lukesbeard Differences between iTunes 9 & 10 UI http://lkbrd.com/ccBLkv

at 2:17pm from Twitter
Today
Find me on Ping: http://bit.ly/94ndWD I'm awesome at this music stuff.

at 1:51pm from Twitter
Today
RT @Mr_Sterling: If the Discovery Channel had put its HQ in Virginia, somebody would have shot this jackass by now.

at 7:55pm from Twitter
Today
They don't think it be like it is, but it do.

at 7:42pm from Twitter
Today
Seriously? http://cl.ly/d0f396b248b712bf5319

at 7:30pm from Twitter
Yesterday
iTunes 10: WOAH.

at 5:44pm from Twitter

Really? You're still using Internet Explorer? Shame on you. Go download Firefox.
Site designed and built by Mike N Garrett. Soon to be Valid xHTML & CSS

Designer

Hello@KernMe.org

757.377.7859

Objective

I am a designer looking for a firm interested in lifetime learners, question seekers and innovative problem solvers.



Experience

Lead Graphic & Web Designer, Mplayit, Ashburn, Virginia

Provided and all-around mortar for the bricks. Responsible for web & UI design, print design, front-end development, promoting Mplayit though social media, app statistics, app developer relations with Mplayit, corporate site and blog upkeep and delivery driving.

2009–2010

Web Consultant, VCU Dean of the Arts, Richmond, Virginia

Responsible for maintaining and building the Art History Department Web presence. Researched and built Web applications for the promotion of VCU Arts.

2008–2009

Apple Campus Rep, Volt Services Group, Richmond, Virginia

Promoted Apple products to VCU. Acted as a resource for support to students and faculty.

2006–2008

Music Director and Manager, WVCW, Richmond, Virginia

Managed operations on a day-to-day basis. Accomplished more in two years than what was completed in the last ten.

2006–2009

Additional Experience

Objects+Methods

Lecture series at VCU with guests including Massimo Vignelli, Ivan Chermayeff and Chaz Maviyane-Davies.

2006–2009

Tasmeem Design Conference

International design conference, Tasmeem, in Doha, Qatar where I participated and presented a charette-style project on the problems with transportation in a growing city.

2008

Education

Norfolk Academy, High School
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Studied Engineering
Virginia Commonwealth University, BFA in Graphic Design

2004
2005
2009

Range of Design Skills

Adobe CS4, Web design concepts and coding, identity design, typography, Web standards, usability, accessibility, team building, the grid and commercial printing.


Technical Expertise

XHTML 1.1, HTML 4.01, CSS 2 & 3, HTML 5/XHTML 5, Processing, Actionscript 2, Blueprint and similar CSS frameworks, jQuery


References available upon request