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2010
01.09

New Website

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Welcome to the new site.  Still working on a few things here and there.

The following is the last post from the old site:

I thought of creating a new website during my last break (summer 2009), but this winter break was the first chance I had to actually develop the website and turn an idea into reality.

I decided to do this for two reasons: branding and content.

Jared K. Productions started off as my video productions throughout high school and instead of crediting my name, I credited Jared K. Productions. I started a blog and named it “Jared K. Productions”. Over the last year and or so that I’ve had my blog, my content focus changed from my videos to my business/economics/tech analyses. Because of that, Jared K. Productions no longer aligned with my content.

I decided to create my new website at http://www.jaredkastriner.com because the brand(me) aligns better with the content. I wanted to improve my SEO, so I figured, what’s better then using my name itself.
The new website is almost done, I am just waiting on a friend to create a new logo and I have to figure out how I am going to manage the content in the photography section.

I like to think that the new site is much more functional because of both the layout and some cool functions(contact me, archives, email updates, etc…).

If you are reading this via RSS feed, you can add the new RSS feed to your reader of choice.

In the coming weeks, I will delete the content on blogger, but don’t fret, it is already on the new site. I will also be changing the routing on this domain. http://www.jaredkproductions.com, will go to the Jared K. Productions section on the new site, focusing on my video productions.

2009
12.21

E.P. Carrillo

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Smoking isn’t my thing, but check out this website I helped develop this past summer for E.P. Carrillo.

2009
12.21

2009: First Annual Evaluation

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Jared Kastriner's 2009 First Annual Survey

I decided a few weeks ago that I am going to evaluate myself on a yearly basis come December, right before New Years. I don't really like New Years resolutions and all that bullshit because nobody actually follows through with them, but I wanted to examine what I do well, what I do right and where I can improve.

I thought of coming up with a survey to give myself on a yearly basis and I will do that and follow through. I then realized that I interact with the many people around me and their feedback is just as valuable as my own. I figured, why not ask everybody I interact with, "How am I doing?"

I figure that many companies have annual, quarterly or even biannual evaluations for employees, why shouldn't I?

The purpose of this survey is to give me outside feedback about myself. Let me know what I am doing right, what I am doing wrong, and where can I improve. I genuinely want to know how I am doing.

This is probably one of the most un-conservative things I have done, but I really hope you will help me evaluate myself and participate now and in future years.

Rather than just use multiple choice and rating systems, I opted for free response questions because they give a better picture of your thoughts for this type of analysis.

*This survey can be anonymous or not, it depends on if you chose to leave the last question blank or not.

**I WILL NOT POST ANY OF YOUR ANSWERS OR SHARE THEM WITH ANYONE UNLESS YOU DIRECTLY REQUEST SO.

* Required









2009
12.18

Bad Romance

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Ok, so maybe this is a little vain…
“Caught in a bad romance…”

2009
12.02

Grades

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Grades are poor indicators of my personal growth and future potential. Why my scholarship and other things depend on my GPA, I just don’t know?

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