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Johannes D. Claerbout
josman @ bigfoot.com 899 Allardice Way Stanford, CA 94305 |
Tragic announcement.
His life. |
- Researched and wrote articles and guides for Developer.webtv.net, including:
What Is the Resolution of a Television Screen?
Avoiding Color Distortion On Television
WebTV Viewer Guide
Making Spliced Images Work
WebTV Development Checklist
Why Don't WebTV Users See My 404?
Plus many more. A full list is available to masochists upon request.
- Performed production and maintenance on developer.webtv.net.
- Wrote, tested and deployed patented NTSC colorpicker tool.
- Led redesign of developer.webtv.net.
- Resolved technical problems escalated from Customer Care
- Coordinated problem-solving efforts of QA and Engineering
- Documented ongoing problems and trained agents on workarounds.
- Organized and responded to feedback from beta testers
- Composed internal and external web sites
- Coded perl scripts to ease workload of Previews team
- Wrote and produced several independent movie shorts:
Held, Earth on Fire, Rear Cubicle - Arranged locations, extras, props, and shooting schedule
- Received grant to research religious conservativism and American politics
- Conducted interviews with influential political figures
- Prepared and taught a two week college course on cultural conservativism
- Launched, devised, and wrote weekly newsletter for national, internal distribution
- Maintained database of news articles for internal use
- Researched resources for 501(c)4 non-profit organization
- Managed seating and customer satisfaction at busy downtown restaurant
- Cleaned dishes and bussed tables
- Served customers and never forgot the specials
- Scheduled daily newscasts for 3,000 watt college radio station
- Trained and educated newscasters on news delivery and technique
- Found a way for the station to save 5,000 dollars a year
- Led first-ever legitimate, narrative tours through historic Alaskan ghost town
- Guided two groups of 10-15 daily on three hour tour
- Interpreted and demonstrated historical mining and electrical equipment, related stories of local color
- Composed publicity materials, created city-wide magazine distribution network
- Interviewed local celebrities, reviewed concerts and wrote articles on each
- Produced promotional spreads for advertisers using Photoshop and Pagemaker
- Coordinated Congressional and Gubernatorial Green Party Races
- Conceptualized campaign strategy, arranged candidate schedules and interviews
- Supervised volunteers, acted as research assistant to candidates
- Cook and crew member on three commercial fishing boats
- Caught and gutted a 420 pound fish
- Solicited donations and underwriting for 3,000 watt radio station
- Wrote underwriting announcements and created airtime schedules
- Consulted with current local professors on teaching techniques and materials
- Created lesson plans for students aged twelve to seventeen
- Taught several english classes a day
- Cooperated with Station Supervisor to oversee more than 100 volunteers
- Published weekly newsletter for all staff members
- Led staff meetings and participated in collegiate budget hearings
- Educated public while conducting inspections of trees for Dutch Elm Disease
- Assisted in removal and disposal of infected elms
- Assisted owner in overseeing operation of day-to-day duties
- Pruned mango trees
- Surivived attack by killer bees
- Managed equipment accounts of international heavy equipment brokerage
- Conducted extensive phone and print research
- Sold bicycles and assisted customers in busy bicycle store
- Performed light repairs when needed