Briefly:

A newbie to Drupal and Raincity Studios, Vanessa is jumping into the world of CMS' head on. With a background in communications and media studies, Vanessa revels in all things media, having dabbled in web design, soundscape design, print publishing, and games. An early adopter to web communities, Vanessa is a proud member of LiveJournal's “Early Adopter” group and can be found “Twittering” about town. As an active user of web communities, it is only appropriate that she also be passionate about user experience. Vanessa's interests are heartily rooted in accessibility, usability and experience. If she's not found on the web, she's likely reading Victorian novels, playing video games, or practicing yoga - Namaste!

Factoids:

Favorite City to Visit?

San Francisco

Favorite thing about living in Vancouver?

That cross-culture is the dominate culture

Why Drupal?

Because if I can do it, you can too!

Where/when did you first get online?

1994 in the ancient days of dial-up and irc chats

Ficitional character you'd like to have a beer with?

Edna from The Incredibles

Website you actually go to often, for fun not work?

Twitter.com

Hobby you hardly ever talk about?

Playing mmorpgs

Fave dish (that you can actually cook)?

Marinated meat on the BBQ

Fave photoshop tool?

Magic Select

Fave "analog" tool?

Post it notes

Another profession would you like to try?

A food/restaurant reviewer

Rather attend Ballet or Opera or Symphony?

Symphony

Best concert ever?

Our Lady Peace at the Commodore Ballroom, 2nd row where Raine Maida practically sweated on me.

What do you "bring to the table" at Raincity Studios?

My ability to get to the point.

Your best tech skill?

Photoshop

Country you want to visit that you've never been to?

Spain

Where'd you go to school? Why?

• Simon Fraser University to get a BA in communications and media
• Concordia University in Montreal to get a MA in communications and media

It is evident that I am all about communications and media

Three words of advice to younger developers?

Develop for users

At home: video games or movies?

Video games then movies

What do you collect?

Pinky-Street.com

Recently listened / read / watched :

• Listened: The Blueberry Night soundtrack
• Read: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
• Watched: Lives of Others