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Happy birthday, Doug Jessmer

Posting this a few hours early…

Here’s wishing the happiest of VizEds birthdays to my good friend Doug Jessmer, formerly of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and The Detroit News. Doug turns 35 Saturday.

Many of you know Douglas from his huge presence here at VisualEditors.com, both in the forums and as a blogger. Check it out here:
http://www.visualeditors.com/jessmer/

Earlier this month, a big-time blog called MediaCircus quoted Doug extensively. Read that here:
http://www.jointhemediacircus.com/mediacircus/2007/05/newspapers_have.html

And, of course, Doug was one-half of the team that brought you “the swamp” at SND/Houston in 2005. Man, we missed you guys in Orlando.

Me and Dougie
Someone told us to make funny faces one night in the swamp. And so
we did. Dougie is the goofy one on the left. I’m the goofus on the right.

As he’s not-so-lightly hinted at several times lately, Doug is currently between jobs. Making him, essentially, one of the hottest talents on the market at the moment. I can’t believe one of you guys hasn’t snapped him up already.

If anyone needs a reference for him, you guys know where to find me.

Doug spent much of his career as a graphics geek, but then moved into page design a few years ago. A few examples of Dougie’s work:

Jessmer example two Jessmer example one Jessmer example three Jessmer example four Jessmer example five

See more here:
http://www.newspagedesigner.com/portfolios/portfolio1.php?UserID=388

Chin up, old chum: Surely something will come along soon.

Meanwhile, best wishes for a happy 35th!

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This entry was posted on Friday, May 25th, 2007 at 8:30 pm and is filed under Job changes, Happy birthday, Charles Apple, VizEds Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “Happy birthday, Doug Jessmer”

  1. Clif Page Says:
    May 26th, 2007 at 10:36 am

    Happy Birthday Major Doug.
    Make sure to land with the wheels touching the ground and not the sky.
    I’ll stop at Sheetz for you tonight.

    clif

  2. Denise Covert Says:
    May 26th, 2007 at 11:55 am

    Doogie you old fart! :-P Have a happy one. You’ve helped make my VizEds experience a blast. (P.S. I wanna iPhone!)

  3. mike Braun Says:
    May 26th, 2007 at 7:18 pm

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY DJ.

    Sorry we couldn’t make your SWFLA dreams a reality.

    Have a cold one on me and GO TRIBE!

  4. Luke Knox Says:
    May 26th, 2007 at 9:12 pm

    Happy 35th, Doug. Hope it’s a great one for you.

  5. Douglas E. Jessmer Says:
    May 27th, 2007 at 10:00 pm

    Thanks for the well-wishes and the kind words. Denise, I’d like an iPhone myself, and Bronzer, it’s too bad we couldn’t have worked together, but I’m still enjoying this part of the world, two hours’ drive north of you. Clif, I miss Sheetz! And the gear is always pointed toward the ground, at least when I’m not grabbing the stick and screwing with the ailerons. I’m hoping to have some good news soon, but there’s some finagling yet to be done before I can say anything. Stay tuned!

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