2006-04-11
We're up and running...
So much going on this week. It is kind of making me dizzy with excitement. Plus, the weather is so bloody nice, it's hard not to have a grin from ear-to-ear!
First, the Muehlenhaus Studios website is finally and truly up and running! Birgit spent many hours over the last week creating a very cool, professional looking template for our static pages beyond the intro page, and man... did it pay off! I'm pumped! I drank about four pots of coffee and wrote the content about a month ago -- much of it over the top and laden with verbose pomposity -- but the layout, etc., was so ugly it disturbed us. Birgit figured out how to do a bunch of the programming in Dreamweaver to make it look snazzy. Yippeeee... I retouched up the homepage last night, and we are rolling. This weekend we are skipping Easter to create our digital portfolio. Should be fun!
On top of all this... I'm guest lecturing for Bob McMaster on Thursday. I'm going to speak to the class about critiquing maps. (One of my favorite topics.) I met with Bob yesterday and I really enjoy having him as my advisor. I feel a certain affinity for him that I haven't felt at Minnesota before. I'm pretty grateful I switched -- dissertation topic and everything else.
I am also going to be guest lecturing at the Minnesota College of Art and Design on April 26th. I am going to give the design students a little breeze over on cartographic principles and the art of cartography. Also, I am going to discuss the importance of thinking of your audience when designing maps and how to persuade with them. I'm really pumped about this opportunity, as I dig graphic design and hanging out with bohemians in general. I never thought I would be lucky enough to be able to teach them.
And then the coolest news since I heard that they were coming out with Oreo breakfast cereal... I am interviewing for a one-year, full-time instructorship position at a local community college here. The interview is on Monday. Not to sound repetitive, but I AM SHAKING WITH EXCITEMENT about this potential opportunity. I would have to teach a heavy load, but teaching is what I love. And I am excited to teach a broad range of geographic topics -- urban, physical Minnesota, US & Canada, world regional, human, economic, and a little geology, perhaps. Plus, I would finally be able to help Birgit pay our living expenses! ;)
So that's all the news that is fit to print. I'm busy as heck this week, but things are rolling. Gotta go catch the bus now...
First, the Muehlenhaus Studios website is finally and truly up and running! Birgit spent many hours over the last week creating a very cool, professional looking template for our static pages beyond the intro page, and man... did it pay off! I'm pumped! I drank about four pots of coffee and wrote the content about a month ago -- much of it over the top and laden with verbose pomposity -- but the layout, etc., was so ugly it disturbed us. Birgit figured out how to do a bunch of the programming in Dreamweaver to make it look snazzy. Yippeeee... I retouched up the homepage last night, and we are rolling. This weekend we are skipping Easter to create our digital portfolio. Should be fun!
On top of all this... I'm guest lecturing for Bob McMaster on Thursday. I'm going to speak to the class about critiquing maps. (One of my favorite topics.) I met with Bob yesterday and I really enjoy having him as my advisor. I feel a certain affinity for him that I haven't felt at Minnesota before. I'm pretty grateful I switched -- dissertation topic and everything else.
I am also going to be guest lecturing at the Minnesota College of Art and Design on April 26th. I am going to give the design students a little breeze over on cartographic principles and the art of cartography. Also, I am going to discuss the importance of thinking of your audience when designing maps and how to persuade with them. I'm really pumped about this opportunity, as I dig graphic design and hanging out with bohemians in general. I never thought I would be lucky enough to be able to teach them.
And then the coolest news since I heard that they were coming out with Oreo breakfast cereal... I am interviewing for a one-year, full-time instructorship position at a local community college here. The interview is on Monday. Not to sound repetitive, but I AM SHAKING WITH EXCITEMENT about this potential opportunity. I would have to teach a heavy load, but teaching is what I love. And I am excited to teach a broad range of geographic topics -- urban, physical Minnesota, US & Canada, world regional, human, economic, and a little geology, perhaps. Plus, I would finally be able to help Birgit pay our living expenses! ;)
So that's all the news that is fit to print. I'm busy as heck this week, but things are rolling. Gotta go catch the bus now...
