shawn.medero.net
Written by Shawn Medero and is currently produced out of Seattle, Washington, USA. As of 2005 the site has focused almost exclusively on issues concerning design and technology. Archives for content before August 2006 are available on request. Segment Publishing is a gracious and friendly hosting provider.
Shawn Medero
Shawn Medero is a father, interface designer, cooking junkie, technology enthusiast, not-so-classically trained music groupie, amateur historian who once dreamed of becoming a professional ice hockey player. He enjoys playing cards, fiddling with mobile devices, reading anything he can get his hands on and trying new beers. He was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, most recently lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and now lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife Julie Medero and son. Shawn has been active blogger since 1996, running sad little websites on ISP and University provided hosting, and later via zooropa.cc, soypunk.com, and db79.com. Most of these websites have been deemed hugely unsuccessful by any popular benchmarks. He hates writing in the third person but can not imagine ignoring the traditional bio format.
Published Works
- Paper Prototyping, January 2007, A List Apart #231
Work
- Healia, Senior Software Engineer
January 2008 - Current - Consulting and Freelancing, Interface Design, Web Applications
December 2004 - Current - Linguistic Data Consortium @ The University of Pennsylvania, Software Engineer February 2005 - January 2008
- Hay Group, Webmaster
July 2000 - November 2004 - KView, Webmaster
August 1997 - June 2000 - McDonald’s, Fry Guy
May 1996 - May 1997
A Selective Timeline of Events
- August 1997, Tampa, Florida, Began my college education at the University of South Florida
- February 1998, Boone, North Carolina, Almost died crossing windy path between two peaks on Grandfather Mountain
- February 2nd-4th 2000, New York, New York, Attended LinuxWorld 2000 to research screen-casting solutions
- June 26th 2000, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Relocated to a studio apartment near Swarthmore College
- May 27th 2004, Tampa, Florida, Attended my first NHL Stanley Cup Finals game where the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Calgary Flames four goals to one
- June 7th, 2004, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Ran screaming around my loft apartment when the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup for the first time in history
- June 28th - July 10th 2004, Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia, On honeymoon/vacation, Canada Day, July 4th
- April 2005, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Relocated to a lovely location near Clark Park
- August 2006, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Watched my wife give birth to our wonderful son
- May 12th, 2007, Chicago, Illinois, Absorbed much artwork in the city’s many museums with photographer extraordinaire Adrienne Canzolino
- January 7th, 2008, Seattle, Washington, Relocated to a charming apartment in the Wallingford neighborhood.
Elsewhere
- del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us/mederos
- twitter: http://twitter.com/soypunk
Disclaimer
All content on this site is representative of Shawn Medero’s thoughts and his thoughts alone. All errors are his own. In no way is he a spokesperson for any of his current or past employers.