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Member profile: Peter Fleck

May 10, 2010 | By
Don Ball
Member profile: Peter Fleck

Peter Fleck (PF Hyper)

What kind of work do you do?
Web strategy, social web strategy & actual web app development usually with PHP and/or WordPress. I’m also working with my local community on low-cost and inclusive blogging strategies. I’d love to consult with other groups on that topic.

What do you call your business? Why?
PF Hyper. I cut my programming teeth with Hypercard in the last century. When I was a kid I wore PF Flyer sneakers and started wearing them again post-teen – the red ones.

What’s your biggest challenge right now?
Maintaining focus on projects. I spread myself too thin. I also need to keep revenue flowing from contract work or maybe find a real job.

What’s a typical work day for you?
Check news. Check social web. Work on various projects that might include web programming, blogging, research, or going to a meeting.

Why do you hang out at CoCo?
The coworking philosophy just makes sense to me and I want to help nurture it and grow. I like the “real life” contact with folks and the discussions.

What coworking surprises have you had so far?
I haven’t met any jerks in the coworking space yet. There has been in fact no one who I haven’t wanted to sit down and chat with.

How can people find you on the Internets?
I have existed as pfhyper on the nets almost since before time began. pfhyper.com is a good entry point, or google pfhyper, or just go to the blog at pfhyper.com/blog. For my community work, check out sewardprofile.posterous.com.

If you blog, what kinds of topics do you write about?
I made somewhat of a name for myself blogging the Wi-Fi mesh project in Minneapolis along with other wireless and broadband news. I’m more eclectic these days and blog what catches my fancy.

Member Profile: Kevin Farner

April 16, 2010 | By
Don Ball
Member Profile: Kevin Farner

User Experience Director

What’s your business?
Gomoll Research + Design It’s a small, 10-person consulting company in Milwaukee and Minneapolis named after Tom and Kate Gomoll.

What’s your biggest challenge right now?
Balancing all the time in the day with all the things there are to do.

What’s a typical work day for you?
I get up and make breakfast for my kids, then I get started on my projects. A lot of my work is writing up my analysis from user research, and working on wireframes, then collaborating with clients. I travel about 20% of the time for clients.

Why do you hang out at CoCo?
I really enjoy working at home, but there are times that my co-worker and I need to collaborate, or times I just want to get out of the house. Going to coffee shops is not always ideal, and I like the idea of having a place to hang out and get some work done.

What coworking surprises have you had so far?
Not many, it’s really been what I had hoped it would be, I love the building/atmosphere, and I enjoy the folks that hang out there too.

How can people find you on the Internets?

If you blog, what kinds of topics do you write about?
Generally user experience on my work blog; whatever strikes my fancy on my own blog.

Member profile: Brian Stemmler

March 15, 2010 | By
Don Ball
Member profile: Brian Stemmler

Emmy-award-winning video strategist

What do you call your business (and why)?
Stemmler Productions. As a one man band, I wanted to keep it straight forward.

What’s your biggest challenge right now?
Keeping up with the ever changing technology.  With multi-platform video right now, it’s like the Betamax vs. VHS war times 100

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Member profile: Rachele Cermak

March 13, 2010 | By
Don Ball
Member profile: Rachele Cermak

Web Integrator

Tell us about what you do
I take on clients that have either an antiquated Web presence or none at all. I strategize how they could restructure their Web site and/or their interactive marketing plan and implement each step of the way to help them utilize the Internet to achieve their business goals.

What’s your biggest challenge right now?
Working with larger organizations of people who all have their own ideas and trying to manage to find the perfect balance to produce the optimal creative outcome.

What’s a typical work day for you?
11 hours with the computer (either for meetings, planning, designing or just for being social), 1 hour commuting, 2 hours to change, relax, and eat, 8 hours of sleep. Repeat.

Why do you hang out at CoCo?
To socialize with amazingly talented, self-motivated, like minded individuals to learn from and for filling the void that comes from staring at the computer screen for hours.

What coworking surprises have you had so far?
When I was informed that a “4-flight-of-stairs” workout came free with every day of coworking, when the elevator stopping functioning.

How can people find you on the Internets?

If you blog, what kinds of topics do you write about?
I don’t blog that often, but I do write slam poetry and perform it in the Twin Cities area.

Member Profile: Mitchell Hislop

February 28, 2010 | By
Don Ball
Member Profile: Mitchell Hislop

Social Media Associate at SMCpros, co-community manager at CoCo, and tech analyst at MitchellHislop.com

What do you do?
I help companies best leverage their online presence -this means social media, their website, SEO/SEM, Web apps, anything and everything.

What’s your biggest challenge right now? In other words, what’s kicking your ass? (pardon our French)
I am a full time student, work nearly full time, and am trying to learn more programming languages in my free time. Right now, this whole “there are only 24 hours in a day thing” is kicking my ass.

What’s a typical work day for you?
Up at 7, checking on things from the breakfast table, Heading into office or class, then usually meeting with someone, home to get work done, repeat. Most of my time is spent on the go, returning calls or emails while in the car, in line, or at any flat surface. I live off my laptop and my phone 100% of the time.

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