On Tuesday of this past week I got a phone call at the office from a reporter from the local Fredericton newspaper, The Daily Gleaner. He was looking to speak to a graphic designer about what they do and to comment on the industry. I just so happened to answer the phone at the time and was more than happy to help him out.
On Wednesday, reporter Chris Fox came into the office and interviewed me and was followed a short time later by a photographer who took some pictures.
The end result was this article that ran on Saturday, August 22, 2009. For the most part everything was great in the article except for two minor things. The first being that I don’t “handle all the programming and coding for the entire operation.” He got that part mixed up with freelance (for friends and family). I worked with a great team of programmers at Red Cow, Oliver Dueck and Sean Dunphy who have the hardest jobs of them all, they have to make my coded sites actually work. Without them, Red Cow wouldn’t work nearly as well.
The second issue was a mix up of timelines. The article states that I work at Red Cow and teach in the evenings, which is true, but the next paragraph jumps back in time 4 years to when I was doing my Bachelor’s degree and decided that I didn’t want to get into teaching, which is about all you can do with a History Major. It’s a little awkwardly worded but past that, it was good.
I first read the article online when I woke up that morning because, of course, I was incredibly exicted. It wasn’t until later in the day when I grabbed an actual paper copy that I noticed I WAS THE WHOLE FRONT PAGE OF THE BUSINESS SECTION! It was pretty frickin’ cool.
Wait… why are you still reading this? Go read the article!
About Robb
Hi, I'm Robb Clarke - a Fredericton, New Brunswick based Web Designer and Developer. I'm currently working with OrangeSprocket as one of their Front End Developers. Please take a look around my site and give the Blog a read (or the Shorts if you're looking for a shorter read about none industry related stuff) or stop by my Portfolio to see what I've been up to lately. Most importantly - don't be a stranger.