Student at Madison Area Technical College
Madison, Wisconsin Area
- Past
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- Website Consultant at ColbertOnDemand.com
- Author at 901am.com
- Education
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- Madison Area Technical College
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Curtiss Thompson’s Summary
I'm currently a student majoring in computer science working toward a career in IT focusing on the open source web development platform LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). Upon completion I plan on pursuing a degree in journalism or political science at the University of Wisconsin.
My primary interests are in new media and politics. I've spent time working on get out the vote efforts with America Coming Together (ACT) as a canvasser, and have worked with the University of Wisconsin - Madison chapter of the Campus Antiwar Network (CAN) on organizing and participating in protests.
I've worked in the past as an author at Splashpress Media's 901am.com a new media news site. I've also written guest posts at TheMuLife.com (now MuhammadSaleem.com) I've spent time working for ColbertOnDemand.com as a website consultant. I was offered a job as a Scout at the social media website Propeller.com (formerly Netscape.com), but subsequently turned it down due to ethical issues surrounding the offer.
It's my goal to use technology, particularly new media on the Internet, to own and operate websites oriented toward my political and journalistic interests as a means to promote social, economic or political change.
Curtiss Thompson’s Specialties:
Social Media, New Media, Blogging, Website Consulting & Analysis, HTML, CSS, PHP, Oracle iSQL Plus, and some basic knowledge of Java and Javascript.
Curtiss Thompson’s Experience
Curtiss Thompson’s Education
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Madison Area Technical College
Associate's, Computer Science, 2006 — 2008
Additional Information
Curtiss Thompson’s Websites:
Curtiss Thompson’s Interests:
Internet, social media, new media, web 2.0, psychology, philosophy, politics, technology, programming, reading, sports, music, movies, news, journalism,
Curtiss Thompson’s Groups:
National Honor Society, America Coming Together (ACT), Campus Antiwar Network (CAN) - University of Wisconsin Chapter
Curtiss Thompson’s Honors:
Wizard of Buzz, For my influence in social media -- Feb. 10-11, 2007 issue of the Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117106531769704150-zpK10wf4CJOB4IKoJS5anuNoi6Y_20080209.html#INFLU
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