- German (native speaker)
- English (proficient)
- Japanese (basics)
- doing 'the brain work', conceptual thinking
- diligently producing quality results
- communicating with various kinds of people in their 'languages'
- having fresh ideas and solutions
This is an excerpt from the list of software, tools and systems I've been working with so far. It's quite a broad spectrum, as you can see, which also gives me the ability to quickly adapt to new techniques and environments as well as to see 'the bigger picture' of emerging technologies.
- DHTML (cross-browser), Javascript, CSS, XML/XSL, DOM
- dealing with multi-language issues, unicode
- WML and WMLscript, coding and design for different mobile devices
- including prototyping in i-mode cHTML, J2ME, Symbian, BREW
- Macromedia Flash and Actionscript
- Lingo (Macromedia Director) and VBA
- Vignette StoryServer, TCL
- Perl, PHP (since version 2), SQL
- Java, JSP, servlets, C, C++
- familiar with Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Digital Unix, HP UX, Solaris
- various web servers (Apache, IIS, iPlanet Enterprise Server)
- LDAP structures and secure LDAP replications
- various DBs (mySQL, Oracle, Sybase)
- working with source-control systems such as CVS
- Powerpoint, Word, Excel, Outlook
- Project, Visio, Acrobat, MindMan, Meetingmaker
- dealing with various formats from WBMP to hi-res CMYK images
- mastering standard applications for bitmap and vector graphics editing:
Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDRAW!, PaintShopPro - basics in 3d modelling (soft|image, 3ds max)
- analog and digital video production, editing and distribution
- Avid (offline: Express and online: Media Composer), Premiere, SpeedRazor
- post production tools: Adobe AfterFX, Commotion Pro
- high-quality encoding, streaming media encoding, micro encoding
- DVD authoring (e.g. Sonic DVD Creator Pro)
- dealing with various file and sampling formats:
from dolby digital 5.1 encoding to micro mp3s - ProTools, CoolEdit, Soundforge
- various midi sequencers