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=Mike Shamburger's Bio: =

My name is Mike, and I'm currently pursuing my the MFA in Web Design & New  Media at the Academy of Art University in San Franciso. From a very early age I've  had a passion for the arts - musical, visual, performance, & culinary. I'm focusing on  the visual arts now, but for my Bachelor's degree I studied music performance. For  my Masters, I wanted to combine my passion for visual arts with the practical  career opportunities in interactive design on the web.

 I rediscovered my affinity for visual arts - specifically illustration and graphic design -  in 2007. Soon after that, I started freelancing as a graphic designer, mostly for friends'  web sites. I also started designing logos and other graphics, but I wanted to learn  more. I started school at AAU a year and a half ago in order to gain the skills I need  to be a stellar designer. During the term of my education I've also discovered an  interest in web usability. I'm really interested in how people interact with computers  and software, and I would definitely be interested in pursuing a career path that would  help improve the usability of the web.

 Some of my hobbies include tennis, cooking, urban hiking, singing, & internet <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">research. I'm a huge fan of the 80s - especially the sitcoms, the power ballads, the <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">style & the movies.I'm not exactly sure why - other than maybe they remind me of my <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">childhood. I'm still a big kid at heart, and I take on problems in life with optimism and <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">humor. I'm the most comfortable when I can make people laugh. On a more <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> "grown up" note, I also follow alternative health blogs - specifically merco la.com, and <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm interested in holistic health issues. I try to eat as healthfully as possible <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">and I see a homeopath when I'm ill. I'm considering, for my final project, a web site that <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">focuses on the health issues of Americans due to a poor diet of high sugar, low <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">nutrients, highly-processed foods, pesticides, and genetically modified foods.

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Cynthia Breazeal speaks in a natural, non-monotone voice. She is very comfortable in front of the audience. Her topic: "The Rise of Personal Robots", is very interesting, She uses humor in her video clips to keep her audience's attention. The "wow moment" (2:51) for me was when her robot, Leonardo, demonstrated how he could learn and respond in a social manner.

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