Jason Johnson
Hi I'm Jason, I'm completely obsessed with the web, tech, social media, podcasting & all things Apple. I love eating sushi and flying helicopters & airplanes. Want to talk about it?
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- May 30, 12
- May 22, 12
- Apr 28, 12
Employee: If you have a job with a boss, you need to think about whether your boss is asking you to...
- Mar 31, 12
Being a pilot, looking off the wing of an airplane is a familiar view, but this really caught my eye.
Holland’s tulip fields from above. Like the world’s most beautiful bar graphs.
Via the so-good-it-should-be-illegal blog Aesthetics of Joy.
- Mar 31, 12
““Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get...
- Mar 23, 12
sethgetz: What is it about a game that is so enthralling? Why do people spend so much time and...
- Feb 24, 12
“Do you ever find yourself limiting what you can or should do by your education, training,...
- Feb 23, 12
We all knew the day would come, when iOS web traffic would exceed OS X. A sign along our way,...
- Feb 23, 12
Do you ever find yourself limiting what you can or should do according to your education, training,...
- Feb 23, 12
“If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good...
- Feb 20, 12
Small business vs. scalable startup. There’s difference. Which one are you aiming for? Small business is to self employed/lifestyle business as startup is to: a.) changing the world b.) world domination or c.) screw the world I’m changing the universe. My take is they’re all great and I’m a huge fan of each -don’t dis any of them; we have to start somewhere; and yes there is a difference.
- Feb 07, 12
This is fascinating. I love watching Adam & Jamie, I love watching the entire MythBusters team. But I had no idea Adam & Jamie are not the proverbial two pees in a pod; well, outside of MythBusters anyway. That said, the respect they have for one another and their focus on what’s right versus who’s right appears to consistently produce better results, they’d even say the best results. Very cool.
- Feb 04, 12
Oh Please - Absurdist's Concerns on the eBook: What is it with these eBook hating Luddites? Look, I...
- Feb 02, 12
Meet Charlie Sheen my pet groundhog who lives under the shed in the backyard. This picture was one of the last times I saw him before he zonked out for the Winter. I haven’t spotted him since but stay tuned; my furry little weather man is bound to popup sometime today.
#PleaseCharlie #OuchCharlieOuchThat HurtCharlie
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- Charlize Theron pulled this parallel parking stunt off in "The Italian Job" & looked good doing it, but these guys rock http://t.co/hW3D2CJIJun 01, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- To all my friends who give me a hard time for listening to audiobooks. This is YOU http://t.co/kFmPi450Jun 01, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- “Knowing How to Think Empowers You Far Beyond Those Who Know Only What to Think.” -- Neil deGrasse Tyson via @lifehackerJun 01, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- As far as cute laundry rooms go, this is the cutest; almost makes me want to do laundry. http://t.co/VKszJOfq
- "Never ask someone what kind of computer they use. If they're a Mac user, they'll tell you. If not, why embarrass them?" - Tom ClancyMay 23, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- This made me feel way better about starting kiteboarding lessons tomorrow: You only get one chance to be a beginner - http://t.co/7LI2wftE
- Get "Getting Real" today for free! A great book from the team at 37Signals: http://t.co/b7c2Ve9Y
- @SethGetz seems a bit of a tirade but I'm glad to see he's headed elsewhere to test the waters. Google+ might be just what he's looking for
- I need to find all my old 3.5" floppy disks http://t.co/DXdMKpq4May 22, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Ever wonder how your email, or in this case gmail, gets to where it's going? http://t.co/sjSKjZBXMay 22, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Clever use of a bad yelp review: Take that. http://t.co/PsrpK8i0
- For all my heavy lifting web friends: Binary Nights Puts Mac File-Transfer App ForkLift On Sale for $0.99 [Mac Blog] http://t.co/c1LjRgb4
- My kind of living/library. Too cool. http://t.co/TxaPBmxB
- @SethGetz Yes if 1. You're interesting (compelling content) + 2. Asking what you can do for your audience http://t.co/JGLCh0VZ
- Just picked up a giant flat iron cut steak. The butcher said, and I quote "This a piece of meat you'll never forget." http://t.co/ontw2CbV
- What's film? Digital cameras use chips & sensors. How the heck does that work? Mysteries of the CCD revealed (video) http://t.co/yHTFM6mk
- I just finished migrating a Wordpress install w/ a custom theme from a subdirectory on a domain to the root #NerveWrackingMay 15, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Great advise: RT @EntreLeadership Never sell anyone. Serve them.May 14, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Know what I like best about my bank? The doorhandles. Kidding. The free business account is awesome thanks Huntington! http://t.co/XKROKspX
- Looks like snow, but it's actually a plague of billions of spiders caused by severe floods in Australia http://t.co/CZfXVK3YMay 14, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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- Information Systems Specialist at Micro Visions, Inc.Information Technology and Services | Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area, USSummary
I'm a creative force who helps translate technology & the online world into meaningful insight on behalf of my clients, connections, friends and followers both online and in the real world.
Specialties: User experience design, usability, XHTML, CSS, process and workflow automation, business process analysis, social media, new media production.Experience- Oct 2011 - PresentContent Strategist, Multimedia Producer / helicopterhead media llc
I help people connect with and build their audience by helping them produce podcasts, screencasts, audio & video and other content for the web.
- Jun 2008 - Sept 2011Information Systems Specialist / Micro Visions, Inc.
In addition to overseeing Micro Vision’s Managed Services initiative, I'm relied upon to be a creative force helping translate technological trends into meaningful insight on behalf of our current and future clients. I have a solid background in customer service, training and troubleshooting relative to information technology, which I combine with resourcefulness and a marketing mind-set to bring a valuable perspective to every client engagement. I have a thorough understanding of social media and new media production.
- 2006 - Jun 2008Multimedia Developer / Grand Rapids Community College Learning Academy for Faulty and Staff
Audio and video multimedia production. Online training and course development. Multimedia studio coordinator.
- 1996 - 2008Information Systems / Grand Rapids Community College
Perform maintenance on the Campus Wide Information System (PeopleSoft) and maintain all systems descriptions and documentation. Perform upgrades, application patches and all other maintenance on the test, demo, development and production databases, process schedulers, web servers and file servers for the student, financial and campus portal systems; that's a mouthful but that's what I did. Work alongside the Lead Database Administrator and Security Analyst ensuring all systems and environments abovementioned have the required patches applied, including identifying new patches, verifying upgrade paths and requisites for patches, downloading, building installation projects, preparing custom installation documentation, and ultimately performing the actual upgrades while keeping highly detailed and organized records. Cleaning and maintaining databases after audits and upgrades, verifying and repairing or removing broken queries and cleaning out dead tables, views, indexes and records, which requires working closely with a team of Enterprise Application Analysts in their specialized areas and during security issues or regarding account creations, with the Security Officer.
- Oct 1999 - 2001Tech Training Specialist / The Center for Teaching and Learning at Western Michigan University
Provided workshops and learning sessions for faculty on how to use virtual learning labs, multimedia systems and software. Setup, configured and maintained wireless laptops use in the virtual learning labs.
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1994 - 2007Grand Rapids Community CollegeMultimedia Communications in Computer Information Systems, Information Technology, Business, Marketing, Design
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1999 - 2004Western Michigan UniversityAviation Flight Science in Professional Flight
Activities: Dorm life, Alpha Eta Rho (ΑΗΡ; coed international professional college aviation fraternity)
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Interests:New media, audio podcasting, video podcasting, podcast production, managed services, automation, workflow, process design, design, web 2.0, web design, web standards, interface design, social media, flying, helicopters, airplanes, online communities
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- Nov 14, 11
Although Barnes & Noble isn't exactly a "book shop" (it's kind of like the Best Buy of bookstores) somehow it's still cozy and I like their stores. There's just something about books guess. Whether a cute little local shop like Argo's, which is the best used bookstore in town, or wholesaler like B&N where I can pick up new releases, I'm just glad we have the book retailers in town that we do. What do you think? Are you one of the lucky that still has a "Shop Around the Corner"? What do think of the larger chain stores like B&N? - Feb 04, 10"Learn to Program" book - checkTextMate - checkTerminal program - checkMacBook Pro - checkTime to hunker down and learn to program - awe crapBut still, as soon as I can, I'm excited to start just to learn something new for fun!
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