Hello! Here's a little info about me:
I'm a New Orleans-based digital accessibility specialist (CPACC and 508 certified) and all-around digital consultant; please see my Digital Philosophy website for info on my professional career — and here's my LinkedIn.
That's what I do for work, but in real life I like to think that I'm something of a paper maché artist and sometimes illustrator. I love working on art projects, and I love writing about art projects. I spend about half my year planning art projects for Halloween and the other half planning art projects for Mardi Gras; I blog about all this stuff. I'm a proud co-founder of a Mardi Gras marching krewe here in New Orleans called Cryptique, Krewe of Cemetery Shamblers.
I was born in New Jersey. During my career I lived in Philadelphia for a few years, then Paris for five years, and then NYC for ten, and now I'm here in lovely New Orleans. When I lived in Paris I spent a lot of time writing about my life and my favorite things there; my Cool Stuff in Paris website is still live, but I haven't updated it in ages. I miss Paris, and blogging about it! While I was living in France I met my wife, and thanks to her I eventually became fluent in French; it's still our main language at home 95% of the time.
Several lifetimes ago I was a semi-professional cellist for a few years, but I don't play music much anymore. These days my main hobby, besides all the art projects, is wandering around in nature and looking at birds (I kind of hate the term "birding" for some reason). I go on a two-hour early-morning walk every day before starting my work day. I've identified about a hundred bird species with my own eyes and ears here in the New Orleans area. I usually get to see some alligators too. Pretty exciting for a Jersey kid.
Feel free to get in touch! manning@manningkrull.com
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