New Addition: My Notebook

To the right, you can see the new addition - my notebook, which I wrote the code for a while ago, but have not posted until now. It's a fairly simply combination of JavaScript and CSS. All of the displayed elements are governed by CSS classes and IDs, and the JavaScript is simply there as a kind of moderator, called on when the links are clicked.

The usage is fairly self-explanatory, I think. Just click on the 'Add Note" menu button to display a text box for noting anything you want to post, and then click 'Post' underneath the text box in order to post it. Your note will appear on the note board in a yellow box that looks like a PostIt note. After it is posted, click 'Delete this note' within the yellow box to delete your note. You can post as many notes as you want, and delete any notes that you want.

At this time, there is no mechanism for saving notes, so when you click away from this blog, or even to a different page within this blog, the notes are lost. As soon as I get the time to write the code, I intend to install a simple mechanism for writing the text of the notes to a session cookie that will allow the notes to be kept at least as long as the user is viewing this blog.

Extended Resume

Jonathan Trousdale
3804 Peachtree Park Dr. NE, Atlanta, GA 30309

jonathan.trousdale@gmail.com

404.578.9118

Objective
To have a positive impact at a company in a position that utilizes my background in website design and optimization, market research and analysis, and writing and editing.

Skills and Accomplishments

Design – Highly experienced in Photoshop; proficient in InDesign, Illustrator, Fireworks, Quark.

MS Office Suite – Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, Outlook, PowerPoint – experienced in work with Excel formulas and macros, desktop publishing, presentation, and graphics.

Web Design/Programming – Highly experienced in HTML, CSS, JavaScript; some experience with VBA, AJAX, XML, XSLT; Highly experienced with Dreamweaver; experienced in search engine optimization (SEO).

Overhauled Home Reports website (www.homereports.com) for SEO; improved visibility in targeted categories by 60%. Implemented cookie-based navigation system to improve usability.

Consulted on SEO for Clark Production Photography website (www.clarkproduction.com).

Published Author: Georgia Tech: Off The Record (160 pages, College Prowler; October, 2004).

Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S.,May, 2003
Major: Public Policy; Minor: Economics
Governor’s Internship Program, 2003.
President’s Undergraduate Research Awards Program, 2002-2003.
Dean’s List, 2001, 2002.

Experience

Home Reports (a division of Probix, Inc.), Atlanta, GA

2006-present
Editor, Project Coordinator (current position)
Oversee all website maintenance and upgrading; improved content for SEO, usability.
Execute projects as assigned; distribute workload as needed.
Track and analyze company data; assist in assembling and editing of research reports.
Assist in supervising and training of daytime staff.
Coordinate employee schedule for day-shift employees.
Assist in interviewing candidates for employment; administer human resources packets to new hires.

Campus Crusade for Christ, International

2003-2006
(An international nonprofit missions organization with over 27,000 employees worldwide)

Partnership Coordinator, Atlanta, GA

2005-2006
Coordinated international partnership with international team in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
Regularly involved with Atlanta area students locally, casting vision and direction for partnership.
Assisted in providing training materials and resources; recruited future international team members.
Organized and led 2006 group trip to support the team’s efforts.
Served as Director of Student Ministry for a local Atlanta church partner.
Planned and organized service projects to involve students in the Atlanta community.
Organized events enabling church members to reach out to Atlanta-area students.
Raised over $100,000 during 3 years to help support the organization.

International Staff Team Leader, Sarajevo, Bosnia

2003-2005
Served overseas for 2 years; managed team of 6 during second year of service.
Successfully developed and implemented new programming and strategies as team leader.
Directed team’s training, care, operation, and planning.
Coordinated team’s actions with those of our leadership in Zagreb, Croatia, and Budapest, Hungary.
Personally raised and maintained over $35,000 in annual funding.
Gained extensive knowledge and use of Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian language (level 2+, www.govtilr.org).

Office of the Governor, Atlanta, GA 2003
Part of the Governor’s Internship program, Spring Semester, 2003.
Assisted the governor’s policy staff with research in the areas of transportation, education, economic development, and health care.