Summer Intern!
Hey Picnikers! I’m Andrew, the Summer intern here. I’m nuts about technology, coffee, and being in Seattle. I moved here about 2 years ago from Hawaii to finish college at University of Washington, and grab a degree in Informatics. It’s a very nerdy field that seeks to improve how people use computers, and develop information systems that make our lives easier, happier, and more productive. Keep an eye out for my senior project, I’ll be creating an education system to revolutionize how we learn and study.
At Picnik, I’m learning about Search Engine Optimization, or SEO. It’s a component of web development that ensures the site’s code and content appeals to search engines so that our site ranks well for the keywords we want. In English, it means that if you search for “photo editing” on Google, we should be at the top of the list. It’s like playing a game – devising strategy and making moves as I gain some ground or learn from mistakes. I also get to explore how Picnik can participate in social media, such as Twitter, Facebook, and the rest, to build good online relationships with our users and friends.
Life here rocks. Every day, as I get on the bus, I think “I work at a web 2.0 startup in downtown Seattle.” and it really puts a smile on my face. At 9:30ish we line up for the coffee train to Café D’arte, where they craft awesome latte art to fuel our day. After developing sweet ideas all morning, we wander down to Pike Place for lunch. We pound out another set of genius in the afternoon, maybe take another coffee break, then go home and rest for another day. I have always been interested in business, and admittedly a gigantic computer nerd, and I’m really happy to be in a place where I experience the best of both.
August 14th, 2009 at 1:18 am
This cracks me up! You must be an awesome intern. Love the pictures! Made me laugh!
August 14th, 2009 at 10:42 am
It’s great to see another college intern in Washington enjoying their time at an IT firm!!!
Our company, Cevado Technologies, builds websites for authors, realtors, and we also host a listings engine for realtors. We are now beta testing a web-based drag and drop page editor for one-page websites (more info soon). We are located in beautiful Lake Chelan (:
I look forward to hearing about your intern adventures in the future!
August 17th, 2009 at 8:09 am
I really appreciate this website! It helps me out alot! :]
August 18th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Where in hawaii? did you start at UH?
Congrats! I love picnik…..the picture edits are great!
Aloha from Hawaii
August 18th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
I’m from the Big Island, and yea, I went to UH Manoa on Oahu from ‘05 – ‘07. Then did a student exchange to UW, then officially transferred last year.
August 24th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Hi Sounds great! I just did a Squidoo lens about picnik! I love it!
August 25th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Congrats on the internship! Sounds great! And the name of your degree sounds awesome too! I’ll have to tell my husband about that one! I use pickik in my business and for my family all the time. And we tell all our friends about it. Keep them all in line and learn lots!
August 26th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Loved the pics, thought they were halerious =D it sounds like an awesome expierence. good luck with everything :)
August 29th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
We love the pics and love Picnik!
September 13th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
wow! awesome..juggling so many things all at the same time! goodluck dude! :)
September 30th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Wow! That sounds like a cool job….picnik is amazing! :D What all do you do?
October 7th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Congrats and good luck! We just hired an intern here at PRG and hope that he enjoys it as much as you enjoy picnik!
October 17th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
I would like to hear more about the senior project and revolutionizing the educational system!
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:59 am
You must be the best intern I ever seen…..lol
October 31st, 2009 at 11:41 am
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November 6th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
kiero eitar una foto y ya
November 6th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
wow that sunds likes a cool
we loves tha picks and loves tha picnik
November 8th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
los chelo dema
November 8th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
los chelo muxote
estan aqi
November 10th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
i love picnik, and my sister is totally new to it, but totally loves it and is addicted!! Shes made like 10 pictures already!!!
Anyway, its cool that you can change so much stuff to a picture.
I changed the earth into some weird messed up blob thing. It looks awesome!