Maureen McCarty
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| How did you personally get into using the Macintosh family of computers? |
It started as an extension of my photography... I'd read about this creature called Photoshop and it sounded interesting. When I decided to get a computer, I didn't have anyone around me who was either pro-Mac or pro-PC... so I did a lot of reading and looked at what was out there and picked the one I felt was best... a Mac! | |
| Status: | User and evangelist with just a pinch of geek (OK... maybe a tablespoon...) | |
First Mac:
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IIvx | |
| Current Mac:
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A variation of the IIvx! It's such a great upgradeable little beast that in 1994 I got the 7100/AV logic board upgrade via Apple, and this year added a Newer Technology G3 card. Mix in a 4 gig internal, 8 gig external, 136 MB of ram and it'll hold it's own with any of the new kids. I do lust after an iMac 'tho (sshhh!! don't tell my Mac!) | |
| When did you get your first modem? | Early 1993 | |
| Who did you call first? | Delphi... at the time it was the only way to get on the net from home (and only after 6pm at that!) | |
| Present Occupation: | Artist | |
| Claim to Fame: | Designing book covers at Macmillan - including Using Mac OS 8.5 and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mac OS 8.5. | |
| Dream Job: | Designing Snoopy stuff! |
| Not So Random Thoughts... | |||
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| Was there ever a time in your life that you had to "Think Different?" What was the situation and what did you do? | |||
| "Think Different" is just kind of native for me, so I've gotten used to it. Some people just accept this and are occasionally amused... other people just think I'm weird. A few years ago my then-boyfriend and I were at the mall and we were doing the usual "What do you want to do/I don't know, what do you want to do" conversation shuffle and on a whim I said "go to New Orleans", he thought it sounded good. So we got in the car and left. Right then. We're both kind of different. Sometimes I try to think normal but one of the voices in my head stops me before I've gone too far. |
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| How has using the Macintosh computer changed your life? | |||
| Wow. There's not enough storage space on this website to relate it all, but professionally it's allowed me to work as a designer (as opposed to the usual restaurant gig ) while still doing art and I've met tons of interesting people. | |||
| What is the weirdest thing in your office right now? | |||
| Hmmm.... it's a tossup between the Snoopy extension cord and the absinthe spoon I designed for one of my class projects. | |||
| My Passions are: | |||
| Snoopy, Macs, fast Pontiacs, reading, art in general, visiting new places, the movie "The Crow", velvet Doc Martens, - not in any particular order. | |||
| If you could have dinner with one person dead or alive who would that person be and what would you ask them? | |||
| Neil Gaiman. No specific question... it's just that inspiration and creativity are usually contagious and I love his writing, so hanging out would be fun. And if Dream could join us it would be even better! | |||
| Do you play a musical instrument and/or are you in a band? | |||
| Piano. | |||
| When I grow up I want to be: | |||
| Grow up?? Why?? | |||
| The question never asked: | |||
| Where would you like your complimentary G3 Powerbook delivered, Ms. McCarty?? |
| Just The Facts, Please... | ||||
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| Biographical Tidbits: | Currently living in controlled chaos in the midst of remodelling - and I miss my old darkroom! No tattoos. | Education: | B.A. in Communications/Studio Art from Indiana University. Currently working on a BFA in Visual Communications and Photography at Herron School of Art. | |
| Location at Birth: | Indianapolis | Current Location: | Indianapolis (there is no way I could pack all this stuff and move it!) | |
| Where you've been in between: |
LA, Sunnyvale, San Diego, SF.. oh heck, most of California... New Orleans, Boston, Texas, Tokyo... most places in between. Still wanting to do Europe and Key West! | Astrological Sign: | textbook Pisces | |
| Available? | Retired! :-) | Chat Nick: | None. | |
| Favorite Books: | Anything Neil Gaiman has written but especially the Sandman stories. Interview with the Vampire. And of course any Peanuts comic strip compilation books. | Favorite Music or Band: | Beck, Beethoven, Doors, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins, Warren Zevon. | |
| Favorite Food: | Dark Chocolate, El Pollo Loco, Mexican, Pasta, my Mom's cookies! | Cat or Dog Person: | Dogs! I love dogs. They're smart, loyal, entertaining and make a great substitute for a space heater. | |
| Maureen's Personal Web Site | |
| Maureen's Professional Web Site | |
| Favorite Web Site: | Snoopy Gifts. |
| "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it" | |
Created Tuesday, December 15, 1998; Edited: 1/29/99