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Other
Stuff Jon Does
A collection of
my other activities that don't exactly fit
in professional services or anywhere else,
but stuff you might want to know about. |
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PERSONAL
VIDEOS
After years of striving
for perfection in my corporate work, I found
that making funky little video projects was a
great release from the obsessive pursuit of perfection.Click the "play" button at right to watch the video. |
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Afterlife
Although
I am aware of the techniques involved in professional
video craft, I studiously avoid all of them,
concentrating on the idea itself, and knocking
off the video using iMovie on my laptop.The Afterlife video was made for Nicole Pierce's Egoshow. You may watch the video at your own risk. (It contains one dirty word, and opinions about religion and spirituality that might conflict with your ideas.) |
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POISON
IVY
One day as I was photographing
a poison ivy plant, a family of Russian immigrants
asked what I was doing. They said they had heard
about poison ivy but had no idea what it looked
like.It occurred to me that a web site about poison ivy, with identification posters and cards might be a good idea. |
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Mr.
Poison Ivy ?
As a teenager on
the family farm I had the chore of driving
the old John Deere around the fields and spraying
the poison ivy with broadleaf herbicide. (This
was in 1965 or so and the stuff I was spraying
was much like the infamous Agent Orange.)In any case I developed the knack of spotting poison ivy wherever it grows—I notice it along the road while speeding along on the highway. So I built the poison ivy web site with stories and photos. During the summer months this is an extremely busy site. When I'm not packing and shipping products I spend my time answering poison ivy questions via email and trying to explain to my friends how this happened. |
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THE
TRAILSIDE MUSEUM
The Trailside Museum is a remarkable little museum in Milton that:
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what
I do
I serve on the Sanctuary
Committee for the Trailside, helping hard-working
Director Norman Smith to keep the place chugging
along. We raise funds with a yearly auction
and other events, plus we mobilize public support
to keep the museum open.I took portraits of some of the residents of the museum, shown at left, which I made into prints to sell at the auction. Currently I am working on creating a set of postcards for sale at the Museum shop. |
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EGOART
Dancer and choreographer
Nicole Pierce founded this one-of-a-kind troupe
some years ago, putting on the infamous EgoShow
I. Now we are up to EgoShow 5 and the movement
is growing. |
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a
board member
Nicole combines
stand-up comedy, dance, theater, live music,
videos, and occasional nudity into entertainment
like you haven't seen elsewhere. Check the Egoart
website for info about performances.I sit on the Advisory Board for Egoart and try to pass myself off as a wise elder statesman type by saying little, but nodding thoughtfully from time to time. I also contribute occasional videos, photography, and graphics to the Egoshow galaxy. |
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ELEMENTS
COMMUNICATIONS
I am a member of
the collaborative known as Elements Communications. |
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which
means?
I am privileged
to work with Emily Hiestand and Barbara Hindley
and the other creative team members on a variety
of projects for nonprofits. The
Food Project website was one result of
working with Elements. I also designed and built the website for Elements. |
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WALTER
the DOG
Anybody who has known
me for the last ten years knows that Walter the
Dog is my constant companion.Enough has been written about the wonderfulness of dogs and labs in particular. I'll just say this: it's all true. |
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the
Walter calendar
At one point it
occurred to me to create a Walter the Dog calendar.
The calendar has grown in popularity over the
years, even as life has shifted from my old
company CenterMedia, to my current life as a freelance.The Walter Calendar will continue. The calendar is for my friends, family, and clients. So all you have to do to get one is to become my friend, marry a family member, or become a client. The latter is surely the safest way to go. |
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THEATRE
WORK
From time to time,
with some arm twisting from set
designer Ruth Neeman, I have done some theatre projects.Generally my contributions have been in the form of projections that complement Ruth's award-winning set designs. |
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how
can you forget nothing?
Theatre projections
I have worked on with Ruth Neeman
include:
At one point I actually appeared briefly on stage in a production of Lettice and Lovage, and — although I had no speaking lines — still had regular nightmares that I had forgotten my lines. Sometimes I wonder about myself. |
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