What’s with the crazy name?
The domain name “TheSquirrelChase” was chosen for the wrong reasons. A domain was needed in order to take a class in web site design through South Seattle Community College and Ed2Go. A lot of the more obvious names for a website are already in use.
The name “The Squirrel Chase” came to mind because I had been walking with my friend Ginger that morning and she saw a squirrel and tried to climb up a tree after it. I also had been reading about the MySQL database, upon which WordPress rests, and pronounce it “My Squirrel” in my head.
By the time I had gotten through class I was fond of the off-beat name.
Who’s here?
There are two players in this caper:
Kate is a recovering stress engineer, with a lot of incongruous experience gained from volunteering. Major skills are in the area of communications, organization, logic, and quilting (this is an asset in web site layout). Kate is dabbling in photography and has some education and experience in creating and maintaining websites. Kate’s personal blog is xingfumama.wordpress.com.
James is currently teaching English at Giraffe English in Shouguang, Shandong Province, China. James has a bachelor’s degree in marketing with a minor in music from Seattle University. In addition to five years of teaching English in China, he has also taught secondary school in a rural village in Kenya. His skills include understanding marketing methods, extensive communications experience with people of different ages and cultures, and playing the guitar.