Carl Jackson
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| How did you personally get into using the Macintosh family of computers? |
While babysitting for the sister of a lifelong family friend, I had the opportunity to play for several hours with a new Macintosh 512 that the family had bought. I've been hooked ever since. | |
| Status: | User, geek. | |
First Mac:
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Family owned: 512K Enhanced. Personal owned: Quadra 660av | |
| Current Mac: | WorkgroupServer 6150/66 | |
| When did you get your first modem? | May 31, 1994 | |
| Who did you call first? | My ISP... best.com | |
| Present Occupation: | Operations Manager for online message boards and chat for the Quicken.com website | |
| Claim to Fame: | Was with eWorld for entire lifetime, have performed in three Shakespeare productions on stage. | |
| Dream Job: | Any theater related job that involves computers, that I can get paid for. |
| Not So Random Thoughts... | |||
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| Was there ever a time in your life that you had to "Think Differently?" What was the situation and what did you do? | |||
| Using Apple eWorld's online service, I was attempting to have the auditorium ready when some major functionality of the room failed. I had to figure out a different way to do the same job with less tools. | |||
| How has using the Macintosh computer changed your life? | |||
| It was the first computer that I was able to easily write letters with. (Although, I obviously have failed in sentence structure.) | |||
| What is the weirdest thing in your office right now? | |||
| An IBM ThinkPad base that no one knows how to make work. | |||
| My Passions are: | |||
| Theater, having fun. | |||
| If you could have dinner with one person dead or alive who would that person be and what would you ask them? | |||
| Abraham Lincoln. Why did you give up boxing? | |||
| When I grow up I want to be: | |||
| Self-sufficient and happy. | |||
| Do you play a musical instrument and/or are you in a band? | |||
| Yes. Clarinet, in a symphonic wind ensemble. | |||
| The question never asked: | |||
| When will your people return from outer space? |
| Just The Facts, Please... | ||||
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| Biographical Tidbits: | See bio. | Education: | B.S. Engineering from University of Redlands. | |
| Location at Birth: | Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA | Current Location: | Mountain View, CA | |
| Where you've been in between: |
Palo Alto, CA, Redlands, CA, San Jose, CA, Menlo Park, CA, Salzburg, Austria. | Astrological Sign: | Cancer | |
| Available? | Yes. | Chat Nick: | At Quicken.com: QComCarl | |
| Favorite Books: | Science Fiction | Favorite Music or Band: | Dave Matthews Band | |
| Favorite Food: | uh... pizza, I guess | Cat or Dog Person: | Dog | |
| Carl's Personal Web Site | |
| Carl's Professional Web Site | |
| Favorite Web Site: | ABC News |
| "Endeavor thyself to sleep, and leave thy vain bibble babble." Feste - Twelfth Night
"All true wisdom is found on T-shirts and bumper stickers." |
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Created Thursday, September 10, 1998; Edited: 10/3/98, 1/30/99