Elmo says…
Last week I began a full-time position at Aurora New Media (the website still has the old name and logo). Aurora is a full-service software and web development company about 15 miles from Buffalo in East Aurora, New York. It’s a great company to work for, and I’ve enjoyed my first week. Their largest client is Fisher-Price, and they are also responsible for the Buffalo News’ online presence. Incidentally, the’re looking to fill several positions, including developers, network engineers and graphic designers, if anyone’s interested.
I am working as a graphic designer in the Fisher-Price group. It’s a great team of designers, and a laid-back casual work atmosphere with toys everywhere. Did you know there was a Chicken Dance Elmo? (warning: turn your sound down…) I have one on my desk. The work involves graphics and coding both HTML and CSS. It also involves an ASP.NET backend that generates lots of table markup. I have so far escaped coding any tables, but it’s going to be interesting as I try to figure out how to interact with the backend. I’m currently researching how to dynamically generate CSS using XML files and asp, if anyone has any experience or tips on this.
Obviously, discussion of work is controversial, and I will not be writing a lot about my job in this log. I am still available on a very limited basis for freelance work, provided it does not conflict with the interests of Aurora. I am disappointed to be finishing what will be my last project for Nepo Strategies; I’ve enjoyed working with Rob and his team over the past year.
Oh, and it was my birthday on the 14th. Happy birthday to me.