Hello — My name is Sarah, and I’m an information junkie, wanderer, former journalist and current techie. In August of 2011, I moved to the Twin Cities from Michigan to work at a startup software company.
In my past life, I was employed at a Gannett daily newspaper, where I wrote stories about science and health, and ran the social media and website operations. This site contains links to a large chunk of my web, multimedia and other journalism work. I’m having a great time getting to know the tech world, and have had a first six months in Minneapolis jam packed with life and work adventures.
When I say I’m a wanderer, I’m not kidding. I was raised in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA, then moved to East Lansing, MI when I was 18 to attend Michigan State University. I then moved back to PA in 2008, to Chicago in 2009 to get a graduate degree from Northwestern University, back to Michigan in 2010 and to Minneapolis in 2011. I’m really good at throwing away things I don’t need, and scheduling moving trucks.
Even more stuff about me:
Five passions
1. Health
2. “Slow” food (local, sustainable, ethical, organic, “whole,” from scratch, supporting local farmers)
3. The First Amendment
4. Writing
5. Technology writing, documentation, social media and SEO
Five Favorite Books: On the Road – Jack Kerouac, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland -Lewis Carrol, Jitterbug Perfume – Tom Robbins, Hell’s Angels – Hunter S. Thompson, The Unbearable Lightness of Being — Milan Kundera
Myers- Briggs personality type: ENFP — ENFPs are both “idea” people and “people” people. They are warm and enthusiastic, and become very passionate about projects that excite them. These project-oriented thinkers also possess a broad range of skills, and excel at most things which interest them. Possible career paths for the ENFP include actor, psychologist and writer/journalist.
Five favorite bands: Neutral Milk Hotel, Bob Dylan, Bon Iver, The Clash, The Talking Heads