John December

John December

Information organizer and Web publisher

Greater Milwaukee Area

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
Connections
34 connections
Industry
Online Media
Websites

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.

My Internet information efforts date back to 1992, and my writing includes published academic journal articles, chapters, magazine articles, and books covering HTML, Java, and computer-mediated communication. I have given presentations about the Internet and online communication to a variety of audiences worldwide and have taught college-level courses in computer science, expository writing, computer-mediated communication, and creative writing. I developed software and graphical user interfaces to analyze requirements for aircraft missions at Boeing's military division. My poetry has been published in literary magazines including Mid-American Review, Sou'wester, Passages North, and others. My freelance digital photography of city scenes in Milwaukee, Madison, and Chicago has been used by several organizations for print and online display.

Born in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and after living in Kansas, Wisconsin, and upstate New York, I presently live in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

My present goal is to work for greater quality in my online publishing 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.

    (Privately Held; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

    February 1996Present (12 years 4 months)

    I develop Web content for december.com including all aspects of planning, analysis, design, implementation, promotion, and innovation. I am responsible to develop Web content that serves my site's audience, matches my skills and interest, and produces earnings from advertising and affiliate revenue. To do this, I create, edit, and maintain documents, links, templates, scripts, and generating software. I write and update Web page text and data, create hypertext, take and edit digital pictures, create and edit graphics, develop advertising and affiliate revenue, track earnings, evaluate potential advertising revenue services and affiliate programs, write freelance articles, write advertising copy local to my site, analyze my site's audience, correspond with site readers, analyze site statistics and trends in popularity, give presentations and seminars, teach courses, and provide consulting to clients. I am also responsible for all administrative and financial aspects of the company.

  • Freelance Writer

    Self-employed

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

    1994Present (14 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 1985August 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, 19911998

  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

    MS, Computer Science, 19891991

  • Wichita State University

    MFA, Creative Writing, 19851989

  • Michigan Technological University

    BS, Mathematics, 19811985


Additional Information

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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

John December’s Groups:

Web414, BarCampMilwaukee

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