http://www.expressiveconnections.com/feature_feed Expressive Connections Featured Member Feed en-us <p>Our newest Featured Member is Jake from Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Jake&#8217;s been a member for less than a week, but already, he&#8217;s been our biggest contributer.</p> <h3><a href="http://www.expressiveconnections.com/doctor_subtilis">Jake </a></h3> <div style="float:left"> <a href="http://www.expressiveconnections.com/17"><img alt="Jake_s_crazy_face_other" src="/user/picture/17/thumb/jake_s_crazy_face_other.jpg?1177537515" /></a> </div> <strong>Name:</strong> Jake <br /> <strong>Location:</strong> Eau Claire, WI<br /> <strong>Description/Objective:</strong> I am a Philosophy student at UW-Eau Claire but in my free time I like to enjoy Web 2.0 applications and creating a web identity for myself. I use Netvibes, Thinkfree, Google Web Photos, Wesabe, and a bunch of social networking sites. I find this all really fun and exciting. Along with that, I adore music--listening and playing. I also like to read about anarchism, continental philosophy, and FLOSS/Tech. <p>Jake has already uploaded several beautiful photographs, as well as a few philosophical poems (of which, the Nietzchian one is my favorite!), and has also posted some very good ideas for the site on the blog and in our new <a href="http://expressiveconnections.com/forum/7">Suggestions Forum</a>.</p> <p>For his immediate and substantial participation, we&#8217;re naming him our latest Featured Member. :)</p> Tue, 01 May 2007 10:38:14 -0500 http://www.expressiveconnections.com/feature17 http://www.expressiveconnections.com/feature17 <p>One of the perks of becoming a member of Expressive Connections is that it gives you a chance to get your work out there for the world to see. What better way to become noticed then to become a featured member on our Home Page! What does it take to be selected as the featured member? Well, technically nothing on your part besides creating an account and posting some of your work. Every so often, the Expressive Connections team will confer and decide on a new featured member that gets showcased on our Home Page.</p> <h3><a href="http://www.expressiveconnections.com/ajgodp13">AJ Gorczyca</a></h3> <div style="float:left"> <a href="http://www.expressiveconnections.com/3"><img alt="Dsc00080" src="/user/picture/3/thumb/DSC00080.jpg?1168230444" /></a> </div> <strong>Name:</strong> AJ Gorczyca<br /> <strong>Location:</strong> Chicago, IL<br /> <strong>Description/Objective:</strong> I am a graduate from Michigan State University (in Computer Science) and co-designer of this site. Even though I have always loved and enjoyed art and poetry as a hobby, I have never had a chance to display my work for anyone other than close friends and family. This is my chance to put some of my work out there for others to see and hopefully you enjoy it! Besides drawing, I also love to write poetry and songs. Music is my passion, I have been playing guitar for over eight years and I recently started to pick up drums. Now that I have an acoustic guitar, I am also trying to work on a voice so I can sing the songs that I write. I hope to eventually have more than just lyrics...but I haven't seemed to be able to get the music to go well with my words. You can check out my writings to see some of the song lyrics I am currently working on. <p>What type of criteria are we looking for when choosing a featured member? Well, to be completely honest, that will vary depending on the situation. Maybe we see someone who has a lot of unique artwork that we feel is deserving of some recognition. Or possibly, there was a recent member who this site helped aim in the right direction and might now have a received a job offer or awarded recognition elsewhere. Maybe it is as simple as our recognition of your creativity and talent and we want others to be able to appreciate as well. We&#8217;re not expert artists or writers, but we know good when we see it. Maybe it will be you up here next time!</p> <p>Co-creator Andrew Gorczyca is our first choice for Featured Member at Expressive Connections. He learned of his ability to draw in a high school art class. Ever since, he has been drawing as a hobby whenever the chance is present, but if you ask him, this is not nearly often enough. His favorite medium to use is pencil, either black &#38; white or colored, and he prefers drawing people, especially portraits. It was his idea to create a site where the casual or professional artist/writer would be able to post their work and have peers and others enjoy what they have created. This vision is the reason that Andrew is the current featured member of Expressive Connections!</p> Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:48:50 -0600 http://www.expressiveconnections.com/feature3 http://www.expressiveconnections.com/feature3