Jim Armstrong's Page

Innovation Interest(s):

Information Architecture, Mobile Computing, Music, Audio, Drumming, DJing, Podcasting, Photography, Videography, Blogging, Motorcycling, Travel.

Organization(s) and Title(s):

Apple Computer - Evangelist and Support Engineer, National Semiconductor - eMarketing consultant, Cisco - eTraining engineer, Mac-Pro - Sales and Support engineer.

Current Relevant Project(s):

Installing and Supporting Osirix Medical Imaging Databases.
Online sales databases. Inventory databases. Operational databases. Created with Netsuite, SalesForce, Oracle, and FileMaker Pro.

Past Relevant Project(s):

OmniScan - The first Interactive Optical Disc for Apple II, VersaCalc - The first spreadsheet add-on to VisiCalc that allowed deferred execution macros and sorting. Coined the phrase "Desktop Publishing" while trying to introduce the concept of Multimedia Computing. Support databases created at Apple Computer, National Semiconductor, Cisco, MGI Software, Redstone Software, Soft Magic.

Short Bio:

Information Architect, Sales and Support Engineer, Evangelist, Tech Guru,

Education:

US Navy Communications, Madison Area Technical College, University of Wisconsin, Apple Computer, Cisco, National Semiconductor

Inspiration(s):

Vannevar Bush, Buckminister Fuller, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Gehry, Doug Engelbart, Alan Kay, Steve Jobs, Jonathan Ive, Dave Winer, Howard Lieberman, Erik Buell.

Hometown:

Madison, Wisconsin, San Jose, CA