Jonathan DeRouchie
Interactive Design & Code
Montreal Quebec, CA
Interactive Design & Code
Montreal Quebec, CA
25.02.2008
Workin' da ceebs
A lot of projects have kept me from writing, besides moving to Nova Scotia and working for CBC full-time and the latest addition to the family there are a lot
of work on the go. I am creating a new site for (courtney wing) he has a new album due out any day
and what I have heard of it is pretty cool. On top of that a friend and I are working on an online shop for shoes and fashion. Right now we are waiting to see if a certain
name expires in March. Once the shop is online then the real Google experience will begin. I am looking forward to tweaking the site and adwords as well as
various other online social marketing strategies which we plan to execute.
CBC, where do I start. Working at CBC is great. Its a lot different than working for marketing agencies. Of course you have deadlines, and some of them are very tight because it is current affairs and all. The goal is simple, communicate. Not only is it the bottom line, thats all there is to it. Compared to pushing fake Ikea furniture or medical products that wouldn't be required if people just ate less and healthier, it just doesnt feel like a sell out.
The piéce de résistance, like anything, I will get what I put into it, and so I am having a lot of fun. To illustrate this, I have provided 2 links to very recent projects that I have completed. Concept, design, and coding courtesy of yours truly.
CBC, where do I start. Working at CBC is great. Its a lot different than working for marketing agencies. Of course you have deadlines, and some of them are very tight because it is current affairs and all. The goal is simple, communicate. Not only is it the bottom line, thats all there is to it. Compared to pushing fake Ikea furniture or medical products that wouldn't be required if people just ate less and healthier, it just doesnt feel like a sell out.
The piéce de résistance, like anything, I will get what I put into it, and so I am having a lot of fun. To illustrate this, I have provided 2 links to very recent projects that I have completed. Concept, design, and coding courtesy of yours truly.
08.08.2008
To infinity and beyond
I am in Ottawa right now for my brother in-law’s wedding, Andrew and Chloie decided to get married on
the 8th day of the 8th month, 8th year. The wedding ceremony is taking place at the
National Art Gallery of Canada underneath the huge spider sculpture. Apparently this is the first time they have permitted an event beneath the spider.
I seen Radiohead at Parc Jean-Drapeau a couple nights ago. It was really solid because the International fireworks competition was also happening that night and it complimented the band's visuals and performance. I can't even remember the last time I was at a show with that many people. I estimated there was around 30,000 people! (In case you are wondering how I go about making this estimate, in my highschool there was 1600 students, and so I count the number of spaces the approximate size of the gymnasium floor.) Speaking of shows, as promised a couple weeks ago, here is the live minimal techno.electro set Standardmethod played at Soundwave Music Festival on July 20.
I seen Radiohead at Parc Jean-Drapeau a couple nights ago. It was really solid because the International fireworks competition was also happening that night and it complimented the band's visuals and performance. I can't even remember the last time I was at a show with that many people. I estimated there was around 30,000 people! (In case you are wondering how I go about making this estimate, in my highschool there was 1600 students, and so I count the number of spaces the approximate size of the gymnasium floor.) Speaking of shows, as promised a couple weeks ago, here is the live minimal techno.electro set Standardmethod played at Soundwave Music Festival on July 20.
05.08.2008
Super stoked on Baby Boogers
This news video made me smile! At first I thought this lady is ridiculous to spend 50k to clone her dead pitbull, but as I watched
the story, and heard her speak, I forgot about the cloning and just laughed because her character is everything. She is soooo happy
and thats what has me stoked about this video (well not to mention those puppies are super cute!) Enjoy!
31.07.2008
Westcoast, Leeluu and the CBC
I have been home about a week since returning from BC where Kali and I did the standardmethod 'westcoast' tour. Soundwave was a blast
(literally, my compressor gain on my Monomachine basslines was a bit high because the recording clips a bit!)
everything sounded smooth on the P.A. though and people were dancing a lot.
One of the treats to coming home besides Kirsten's belly being a whole lot larger than it was when I left (she's just beginning the 7th month - and so far Leeluu is a real wiggler in there) there was a email from the CBC for a position as regional web developer for CBC.ca - Nova Scotia. So, we're talking (me and Leeluu's mommy, of course) and Nova Scotia seems like a really awesome change... I mean I love jamming by the ocean, but working everyday on cbc.ca, thats just super cool! We do a phone chat, preinterview styles, and now in less than 2 weeks, they are flying me to Halifax to meet the official panel for this position.
I feel confident about the interview and the whole process so far, but whats interesting is that one question that keeps popping up ever since this all began, 'Why do I do this?' So, I try to think of all the things I like about designing and coding and just being involved with the web in general beyond 'I love it' but I do, I love the whole idea of the web, the fact that there is this huge network of people collaborating, even if it is unintentional to some, the net doesn't sleep, and just grows and evolves and here's me, doing what I love to do, seemingly totally insignificant and microscopic to the whole thing you would think, until someone takes notice, and then another, and so on. Slowly and surely becoming an important part of something which is constantly changing and breathing and taking on a life of it's own. If anything on this planet has the ability to actually have an impact, or make a difference, even teach the world, the internet is it.
And as for design, typography and coding, well, that's just the icing on the cake!
One of the treats to coming home besides Kirsten's belly being a whole lot larger than it was when I left (she's just beginning the 7th month - and so far Leeluu is a real wiggler in there) there was a email from the CBC for a position as regional web developer for CBC.ca - Nova Scotia. So, we're talking (me and Leeluu's mommy, of course) and Nova Scotia seems like a really awesome change... I mean I love jamming by the ocean, but working everyday on cbc.ca, thats just super cool! We do a phone chat, preinterview styles, and now in less than 2 weeks, they are flying me to Halifax to meet the official panel for this position.
I feel confident about the interview and the whole process so far, but whats interesting is that one question that keeps popping up ever since this all began, 'Why do I do this?' So, I try to think of all the things I like about designing and coding and just being involved with the web in general beyond 'I love it' but I do, I love the whole idea of the web, the fact that there is this huge network of people collaborating, even if it is unintentional to some, the net doesn't sleep, and just grows and evolves and here's me, doing what I love to do, seemingly totally insignificant and microscopic to the whole thing you would think, until someone takes notice, and then another, and so on. Slowly and surely becoming an important part of something which is constantly changing and breathing and taking on a life of it's own. If anything on this planet has the ability to actually have an impact, or make a difference, even teach the world, the internet is it.
And as for design, typography and coding, well, that's just the icing on the cake!
_Projects page updated with some more recent stuff