minuti.ae: small things by Doug Gapinski

Five small, yet intimate details about Doug Gapinski

I work for a company called mStoner (no, it is not a pot reference). I am a strategist. These days I help clients build better web sites through strategy, prototypes, information architecture work and user testing. I also do a number of other odds and ends to help launch gargantuan college and university web sites. I'd like to design more, but there are only so many hours in the day. We can't do all of the things. We must choose.

I've lived in Seattle, Singapore, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina and Iowa. Not in that order. These locations are listed roughly in order of how much I like them, and you'll note that Seattle (my current home) is my favorite. If you haven't been to Seattle, you need to visit. You will understand.

I met my wife at work (at a place we have both moved on from). She was kind of my boss at the time, and we had to keep it a secret. I would like to tell you stories about how the secrecy was sexy and full of intrigue. Mostly, it was an annoying, nerve-wracking hassle to have to lie to people I knew.

I am a twin and I have twin sons. I highly recommend either being a twin or having twins.

I am pretty good at two things besides my work: screen printing and selling things. I enjoyed the first skill more when I was doing it regularly, but the second skill has proven more useful through my life. I might even be selling you something right now and you don't even know it. That's how good I am.

A few of the clients I've worked with

Brown University
Columbia University
Kellogg School of Management
Kenmore
The Obama Campaign
Trinity College Hartford
Sears

Selected speaking engagements

2012
PSU Web Conference
Presentation: pervasive computing

High Ed Web Conference
Presentation: responsive design and mobile sites (with Dave Olsen)

CASE V Conference
Panelist: responsive design and mobile


2011
Case I Conference
Presentation: social media strategy (with Ken George)

High Ed Hero Webinar
Presentation: mobile and marketing

Indiana University Design Department Presentation
Presentation: speaking to different design classes about how to get get a job

Eduweb Conference
Presentation: digital curation (with Jordan Williams)

High Ed Web Conference
Presentation: mobile sites (with Tiffany Broadbent)


2010
Case II Conference
Presentation: web relaunches (with Heather Sullivan)
Presentation: branding (with Patricia Vandenburg)

Eduweb Conference
Presentation: mashups and APIs (with Laurel Hechanova)

edUI Conference
Presentation: mashups and APIs (with Laurel Hechanova)


2009
Eduweb Conference
Presentation: integrated marketing (with Patrick DiMichele)

CASE Editors Forum
Panelist: integrated marketing

High Ed Web Conference
Presentation: branding (with Patricia Vandenberg )

Kenyon Social Media Retreat
Presentation: social media
Workshop: social media

Case V Conference
Presentation: web relaunches (with Patrick DiMichele)


2008
UCDA Design Conference
Presentation: branding