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=='''Mike DeVine'''==
==Education==
[http://www.rit.edu Rochester Institute of Technology]
[http://www.rit.edu/programs/program_detail.php?id=602 New Media: Interactive Development] (3rd Year Transfer Student)
==Skills/Abilities/Neat Tricks==
*Game Designer by trade
*Award-winning graphic design and layout skills
*Highly experienced in team building/management (handy in an open-source work environment)
*Also highly experienced in child care and education (worked for several years with local YMCA and Boys & Girls Club chapters)
*Competent artistic abilities, both analog and digital, 2D and 3D (proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Flash, Maya, and numerous open-source equivalents of these programs)
*Modest programming skills (HTML/XHTML/CSS, Visual BASIC, Java, ActionScript 3, rudimentary Hex editing, etc.)
*Excellent problem-solving skills (for figuring out those damn logic errors)
*Entrepreneurial experience (founded successful small computer service/repair business)
*Idea machine (for sparking interest in new projects)
*World Record-setting finger snapping skills (not as handy in an open-source work environment, but still entertaining)
==Information==
===About Me===
I'm a third-year transfer IGM/New Media student, which essentially makes me the world's oldest freshman at 21. After graduating I hope to work in the game development field and eventually become a Game Designer at a major studio. It's been a long winding road for me to get here to RIT: I spent four years at my local two-year community college on Long Island in order to earn enough credits to transfer here with an Associate's in Computer Art- without breaking the bank to do so.
I'm a third-year transfer IGM/New Media student, which essentially makes me the world's oldest freshman at 21. After graduating I hope to work in the game development field and eventually become a Game Designer at a major studio. It's been a long winding road for me to get here to RIT: I spent four years at my local two-year community college on Long Island in order to earn enough credits to transfer here with an Associate's in Computer Art- without breaking the bank to do so.
So yeah, I've been pretty bored with Long Island's lack of game design-related activities, and I'm looking forward to finally getting some experience in a role similar to what I can expect to see someday as a full-fledged Game Designer- and I love having the chance to be a part of something with such noble intentions like the OLPC project, and being able to actually make a tangible difference here. I've got some experience and abilities I can bring to the table aside from just straight-up programming (which I'm only barely proficient at); I guess I'm what you might call an 'ideas man', so hopefully I'll find enough ways to be useful on this project.
So yeah, I've been pretty bored with Long Island's lack of game design-related activities, and I'm looking forward to finally getting some experience in a role similar to what I can expect to see someday as a full-fledged Game Designer- and I love having the chance to be a part of something with such noble intentions like the OLPC project, and being able to actually make a tangible difference here. I've got some experience and abilities I can bring to the table aside from just straight-up programming (which I'm only barely proficient at); I guess I'm what you might call an 'ideas man', so hopefully I'll find enough ways to be useful on this project.
===Projects===
*[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Ebook_Reading_And_Distribution Ebook Reading And Distribution Solution] - Project Lead
*[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Fortune_Hunter Fortune Hunter] - Artist
*[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Lemonade_Stand Lemonade Stand] - Artist
==Contact==
*Email: pixelSHREDDER@gmail.com
*Email: [mailto:pixelSHREDDER@gmail.com pixelSHREDDER@gmail.com]
*IM: pixelSHREDDER (AIM), pixelSHREDDER@hotmail.com (Live Messenger), pixelSHREDDER@gmail.com (Google Talk), pixelSHREDDER (Skype), pixelSHREDDER@ymail.com (Yahoo! Messenger)
*IM: pixelSHREDDER (AIM), pixelSHREDDER@hotmail.com (Live Messenger), pixelSHREDDER@gmail.com (Google Talk), pixelSHREDDER (Skype), pixelSHREDDER@ymail.com (Yahoo! Messenger)
*OLPC Wiki: [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:MikeDeVine My User Page]
*Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=name&id=691775547
*Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=name&id=691775547
*IRC: MikeDeVine
*IRC: mikeDeVine; alt: mkDeVine (freenode)