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I have returned to the CUNY Commons.

In this space I hope to talk a bit about digital scholarship, both inside and outside of the New Media Lab. This will be in addition to the short announcements and blurbs I talk about on Twitter,  and likely go into a bit more depth.

A bit more about me that you may not know:

I have a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from, the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.  Though you may not suspect it in someone who’s official title is closer to “webmaster,” I have extensive experience with ArcGIS, and SPSS (and am building experience in their open source cousins. PSPP, I have down. QGIS, coming soon)

I primarily program in PHP, and front end languages such as HTML and CSS on MySQL/Apache systems. But I also have worked with: Javascript, Java, Actionscript 2.0 and 3.0, XML, XSLT, Oracle, a tiny bit of Perl, ASP, to name just the few that I would be comfortable coding in today. I’ve also worked on and administered mac servers, linux servers and windows servers.

Did I mention I also know how to program point of sale equipment? Most seem to run some really basic linux/early windows like OS’s, so it’s not as exciting as it sounds. Also, this is unlikely to ever come up in the New Media Lab. But this is part of the job when you learn how to program while working for the food service division of a major public university.

I’m a musician in my spare time, and though I really have grown to love MixCraft (think Windows Garageband), I’ve done work in Pro Tools, Cubase, ACID, Sonar. I also have made some films using Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere, though I’d be remiss if I neglected to mention that I did cut my teeth working on homemade music videos on Imovie.

So anyway, why I mention these “little known” facts about myself? Mostly to answer one of the most common questions I receive in my daily work: “do you know anything about this?” To which the answer is usually a grand story:

So everyone, gather round the fire! Let me tell you a story about the time I used photoshop, XSLT and one fierce Python script to fight off a bear. He was sixteen feet tall, weighed thirty tons, and was covered in bugs…

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• A little about me

  My name is Aaron Knoll (as per the title and URL) and I work in the New Media Lab as an advisor of sorts. I assist students working on digital media projects by being available to discuss technology, options, best practices and modern approaches to digital scholarship, as well as the applications and alternatives that are available. I use my 10+ years of experience, having worked in nearly ever IT role that has ever been dreamed up, to offer expertise, advice, and support for the directions they choose to take in their projects.

  I have fulfilled this role in the New Media Lab for over three years and look forward to continue supporting students as they ambitiously look towards the future with their digital work.

• Disclaimer

  The views expressed here are my own and they do not represent an official stance of the New Media Lab or any of my colleagues affiliated with the New Media Lab.