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, and I still enjoy plunking on a guitar or a bass, 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 go on a very long early-morning walk every day before starting my work day; I end up walking about 2,500 miles per year. I've identified a little over a hundred bird species with my own eyes and ears here in the New Orleans area. Most days I 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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