About
My name is Steven Clark and I’m 43 years old. My education includes a number of IT certificates at TAFE including Cert 2, Cert 3 (General), Cert 4 (Web Design) and Cert 4 (Web Administration). It also includes Cisco’s CCNA1 (Networking Basics) and CCNA2 (Router and Routing Basics). I am completing my final two project units in a Bachelor of Computing at the University of Tasmania. My education marks are available on the school page of this site.
My interests include web standards contemporary best practices, accessibility, usability, interaction design, interface design, art, design, writing, marketing, business management, photography and all the fields which touch on all the ideas involved in these subjects. I tend to read a lot and am very engaged with my interests. Hopefully this isn’t to the detriment of my relationship with my partner, children and our doggies. I don’t think of myself as an IT guy at all. Not really. My interests are much broader.
I believe there is no reason why any designer shouldn’t be able to work effectively with any coder. Call me crazy. And coders should be able to understand design concepts and design constraints. Each should know enough about the other’s domain. Don’t feed me that visual thinkers versus everyone else load of bullshit - learning anything new is hard work. There are only those who try to do things and those who don’t - we get good at what we do. Coders go read about Gestalt Principles and Fitts Law. Pick up a pencil and paper. Designers get out a few science books and discover how this technology works. Simple. Self motivation is critical. Laggards move aside.
Every day of our lives we have the opportunity to reinvent ourselves and invest in new experiences. I’ve made dramatic life changes to be where I am today so can offer motivational insight into what it takes to change a person. I would make a great change agent in your organisation if you need to motivate people to create a better practice web team. My ambition over the next few years is to spend time working on art and design and simultaneously refine my skillsets in web technologies.
I may enter the Business School’s Graduate Management Program next year part time and work towards a Masters in Business Administration. That will be decided later in the year. I might register another business name this year or build something interesting in Ruby on Rails. Am I driven? Yes. Every day I choose to be who I am because this is who I want to be in life.
I am also now available for part time or contract work if you’re offering. You must be a courteous organisation which empowers the employee to achieve the best outcomes. It’ll be in the psychological contract. I’ll hold you to it.
