Professional SOS

I believe in the value of relationships and so I put myself on the table upfront, so that recruiters know what to expect from me in an interview or on the job. This "cover letter" is testimony to that fact.

I am a talented web developer and expert in social media, trained on best practices to meet rigorous web standards. I have worked in public higher education, the harshest environment imaginable for a designer, who must transcend stifling barriers to achieve high performance:

1. Multiple layers of an administrative hierarchy,
   
2. Strenuous accessibility requirements under Section 508,
   
3. Higher accessibility liability than any other industry.
   

Now I utilize these high standards in all of my work. So I am seeking a career as a project manager, so that I can pass on my best practices to clients through efficient, high quality solutions.

I also maintain strong moral integrity for myself, which drives me to interact with people in a way that is beneficial to myself, the client, and my represented company. I am tactful with my words and professional with my verbiage, making me an effective, honest communicator.

I often wonder how far I will go in a corporate setting because of that last characteristic: my honesty. In the business world, ethical behavior is often sacrificed for greedy misrepresentations. But that's a game I don't play and I'm unsure how my career may suffer because of it.

Twitter > Blogger

For those of you who loyally follow my blog (there are not many), I would like to apologize for having not posted in almost a month. The reason? I haven't felt compelled to. Probably because I've gotten a lot of good stuff off my chest already in previous posts, but also because I am an avid Tweeter.

Tweeter [twee-ter]: a person who utilizes the Twitter social network.

The best description I ever heard of Twitter is that "it's a blog where your entries are limited to 140 characters." So every day my twitter feed is full of thought-provoking ideas, statements, observations, and rants. So please please please, if you like my blog, you should really get on Twitter and follow my updates there.

Twitter lingo (for the newbies)

@Replies - These are used when you are directing your update to a specific person. For example, if you wanted to respond to something I had written, you would begin your update with "@danielfowler Blah blah blah! You're a dirty dirty boy and I hate your guts."

#Hashtag - These are used for referencing an event or organization. They are helpful for search engines and Twitter-searches for updates related to certain topics. Usually, organizations or event coordinators will designate what specific hashtag should be used when posting on Twitter other social networks. For example, if you attended the South By Southwest conference in Austin last week, you would tweet something like "So many coffee drinkers in this panel discussion! #sxsw" because "#sxsw" was the universal hashtag used for that event. Just tack it onto the end of your updates. :-)

If you have any questions or need help setting up your account, just let me know!