John December

Current

Owner at December Communications, Inc.
Freelance Writer (Self-employed)

Past

Operations Analyst / Software Engineer at Boeing

Education

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Wichita State University

Michigan Technological University

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Industry

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John December’s Summary

I work to connect people with information. My Web site covers Internet and World Wide Web reference information, tutorials about Internet use and development, selected city information, and several niche topics of my interest. I earn revenue from advertising and affiliate programs based on this content.

I also take digital photographs of area sites and scenes and offer them for sale through december.com albums. I work to innovate and improve my photography skills, techniques, and technologies used.

My present goal is to work for greater quality in my online efforts and to strive for deeper insight into the essential nature of the World Wide Web.

John December’s Specialties:

Small-scale Web publishing, earning affiliate and advertising revenue, digital photography, editing and maintaining online information, managing a microbusiness, simple living

John December’s Experience

Owner

December Communications, Inc.

(Partnership; Online Media industry)

February 1996 — Present (13 years 10 months)

[Please note that the linkedin information about my company is inaccurate. My company consists soley of me and is in one location (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). The linkedin feature is collecting information from companies with "December" in their name and thus is inflating the number of employees and company type.]

I develop Web content for december.com including all aspects of planning, analysis, design, implementation, promotion, and innovation. I am responsible for developing Web content that serves my site's audience, matches my skills and interest, and produces earnings from advertising and affiliate revenue. I take digital photographs of area sites and scenes and offer them for sale through december.com albums.
Freelance Writer

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

1994 — Present (15 years )

Books on the World Wide Web, HTML, and Java. Articles in a variety of publications. Publisher and editor of Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine.
Operations Analyst / Software Engineer

Boeing

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BA; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

June 1985 — August 1989 (4 years 3 months)

Developed software and graphical user interfaces to analyze military missions for air refueling and airlift requirements.

John December’s Education

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

MS , Communication & Rhetoric , 1991 — 1998
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

MS , Computer Science , 1989 — 1991
Wichita State University

MFA , Creative Writing , 1985 — 1989
Michigan Technological University

BS , Mathematics , 1981 — 1985

Additional Information

John December’s Websites:

John December’s Interests:

information organization, urbanism, voluntary simplicity, car-free living, simple living, digital photography, freelancing, Milwaukee, art, design, poetry, creativity, conceptual age, history, online, computer-mediated communication, computer science, mathematics, Internet, World Wide Web, technology, philosophy, coffee, walking, transit, film noir