This section is a spot to document projects either in progress or finished. Some will be instructional in nature, while others will just be documentation. |
Projects
Anna's Art Website
One of the consistent projects I've worked on over the past few years is helping to build my wife's art website. It's pretty simple, just a Squarespace page. But there's an Etsy to go along with it. She's the real talent, I just press a few buttons every now and again. |
Software
As of this writing, I've been part of 5 software companies. The experience has been eye-opening, and not exactly what I expected it to be. I think one of the biggest things I wish I could tell my younger self was that I had far more influence than I realized. In many ways, it seems customers and users have more potential to influence the development of a product than people who work at the company. It's a balance. Patience, persistence, grit. |
Beck's 2012 Stakeholders Videos
One of the more random yet rewarding things I did during my tenure at Beck was to be involved in the production, filming and editing of Beck's Stakeholders' Meeting Videos for the 100 year anniversary. I used copyrighted music so I didn't put the videos on youtube, they are being streamed from Box.com. They are freely distributed, I hope I don't go to jail or something. The finished products are here: The Future https://beck.box.com/s/6kttkifqmpmb1wygs927 The Past https://beck.box.com/s/jx6eefwefaw0n7lmv5f5 I used a product called Cyberlink Power Director to edit the video together. Pretty darn good for a $60 tool. |
Built my personal website
This website is built with a google site. I haven't worked with them
much in the past, but it seems pretty simple. The domain name:
corymcdermott.com was purchased from godaddy.com. I actually purchased
it awhile ago, but haven't made time to just get it done. I find that
motivation is a funny thing. I feel a heck of a lot more motivated after
I just start typing. Google has given me many good products over the years: gmail, google docs, forms, youtube, search. I figured I'd five sites a chance. The hardest part of this whole process was figuring out how to map corymcdermott.com to the google site. I'll try to at some point put up a video about it. The key is to follow the instructions here: 1) http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/6031/mapping-your-domain-name-to-work-with-google-site 2) Make sure to add the godaddy domain to the google webmaster tools: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home?hl=en 3) Getting the favicon is pretty simple, but not easy to find: http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/sites/uvEirJwGCZ0 |
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