About Noivad

NoiVad lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is an avid technologist. What started long ago as a hobby and a way to pay for college, grew into a career in IT. He has a BA from SFSU in Broadcasting and Electronic Communication Arts which includes training in audio & video production, physical & digital AV editing, visual and audio communication theory & design. Currently, Noivad works as a Production Assistant at a recording studio. During the second half of attending SFSU, he took jobs working as a desktop publishing monkey, which led to product evaluation with ROI, systems administration and integration (Mac<>PC), networking, relational database design and pretty much anything related to computers. He has learned and mastered everything from laser scanner programs (the type of lasers one might see at a rave in the 90s or a Frankie Goes to HollyWood video), to vi, to Illustration programs (yet you will never hear him claim to be an artist). He has kicked the tires of many types of hardware and software. In fact, the first thing he does with new hardware or software after checking prefs and menus, is try to crash them. He is usually successful within 15–30 minutes. (“OS X 10.8 ruined my streak.”) You might notice this is one of the only blogs or sites on the internet that uses proper typography (Self-Taught)—yup, he is that much of a perfectionist. Seeing a inch mark where a quote should be in professional news or literary makes him wince. So, as you can imagine, he winces many times a day. He has spent over half his life continually learning new skills on his own initiative and staying current with tech trends. In addition to technology, he tries to be an excellent communicator and successful planner and decision maker. Apparently, he said something right to someone in charge and they decided to invite him to join them as a tech blogger. Because he believes in sharing what he has learned with his experiences, he decided it would be a mutually beneficial relationship. So, he joined Dice News as a tech blogger. So, he will be forking his entries with those more tech oriented ones going to Dice News and non-tech musing here. Also, related content not essential to Dice posts will be available here. Unfortunately, most articles have more to do with doing a job than finding a job. When not applying his skills he spends time with loved ones and friends when he is not making what he jokingly calls “bad techno” or occasionally DJing at Industrial/Electro clubs and parties for fun. He also fights entropy on a daily basis. (Oh: And he hates it when he spots a typo in news articles or blog posts {see Gaiman’s Law}, especially his when they sneak past his proofreading: thus why everyone needs an editor. If you spot one, drop him a line.)  

“I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, just outside of Silicon Valley. My Father was an Assembly Programmer up until the 90s. I grew up in a modest 3 bedroom, 2 bath single story house in the suburbs. I went to public school and graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Broadcasting and Electronic Communication Arts, Audio production specialist. I’ve been a computer user since I was 7, a Mac User since 1985. I put myself through college doing odd computer jobs. I became a senior systems administrator in the early 2000, and a server admin several years later. I have experience decommissioning, supporting, and installing servers and laptop computers. I’ve also evaluated software and hardware for enterprise fitness. At some point during all of this, I have done light programming, and UI design for a database, created databases (bare MySQL), and scripting work. I’ve coded/built static and dynamic websites sites in between all of these things.”