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Ryan Clontz
I'm a social media addict. I'm also a web developer and entrepreneur. I build social networks, mobile apps and I have a passion for helping small businesses capitalize on new internet technologies and trends.
Profile
Ryan Clontz
Director of Web Development at Jandl, marketing a reklama
Online Media | Slovak Republic, SK
Summary
My name is Ryan and I'm a social media addict. I'm also a web developer and entrepreneur. I build social networks and put together international development teams to create standards compliant websites and mobile applications. It's a mouthful, I know. In a nutshell, I have a passion for helping small businesses capitalize on new internet technologies and trends.
I've had a pretty colorful work history and a lot of once-in-a-lifetime jobs that help me to explore creative web solutions. When not collecting passwords, I'm usually practicing Slovak on poor unsuspecting locals or acting as ambassador for our local InterNations community.
I've had a pretty colorful work history and a lot of once-in-a-lifetime jobs that help me to explore creative web solutions. When not collecting passwords, I'm usually practicing Slovak on poor unsuspecting locals or acting as ambassador for our local InterNations community.
Specialties: web technologies, digital media, social media, social networks, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, PHP, Adobe Creative Suite, WordPress, web standards, *nix, photography, "expedient" travel
Experience
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Sept 2009 - Present
Director of Web Development / Jandl, marketing a reklama, s.r.o.
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May 2009 - Present
Bratislava Ambassador / InterNations
I like to volunteer and help out expats when I can.
As a community representative for InterNations.org, I provide advice on living and working in Slovakia and organize monthly get-togethers for expats living in the Bratislava area. -
Feb 2008 - Apr 2010
Chief Executive Photographer / Street Fashion Slovakia
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Oct 2006 - Apr 2010
Photographer / TV Cameraman / Freelance
This isn't so much a job as it is an appendix to my lifestyle.
I specialize in social documentary style photography and have appeared in magazines and reports like Slovakia's Plus7Dni, Fiji's Foundation for the People of the South Pacific International (FSPI), Schmap, as well as the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the regional Slovak television station TV Pohoda. -
Oct 2008 - Jun 2009
Web Developer / Lazar-Klostermann
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Nov 2004 - Oct 2006
Visa/ Passport Agent and Bicycle Courier / American Passport and Visa International
OIALJ #4 (I hope you're reading this in chronological order). To summarize: days spent at breakneck speeds, punctuated by interminable waits, all in the company of some of the most varied and interesting people I've ever met. -
Nov 2003 - Jun 2004
International Communication Specialist / ICON Communication Centres
ICON was another once-in-a-lifetime job. 70 expats representing almost as many countries selling used cars from a call center where they stopped work on Fridays to hand out free beer... what do you think? This is also where I learned how to sell. -
Dec 2002 - Jun 2004
Freelance Writer / Photographer / Think Magazine
Think was a Prague expat magazine with a colorful history of it's own. I wrote sidebars and the Horoscope column. You wanna know how I did it, don't you? Buy me a beer sometime and I'll tell you.
Education
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1999 - 2002
Maine Maritime Academy
B.S. in Small Vessel OperationsActivities: Alpha Phi Omega -
1992 - 1999
US Navy
Cryptologic Technician - Maintenance (CTM) in Advanced Electronics, Electronics Engineering Technology
Additional information
Websites:
Interests:
entrepreneurship, web design and development, social media, international travel, photography, cooking, exploring new cultures, experimental and theoretical physics, perceptual psychology, indigenous storytelling, the Lapita expansion, scuba diving, diachronic linguistics, tailored suits, the list goes on...
Updates
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Consumers Find Ways to Spend Less and Find Happiness - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bcgr66Posted 3 weeks ago
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238 emails and counting... I didn't realize how behind I was until I started catching up.Posted 3 weeks ago
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Wyclef Jean To Run For President Of Haiti http://huff.to/auvrlXPosted 4 weeks ago
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is manufacturing demand.Posted 8 weeks ago
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Anyone in Bratislava interested in a Sales Manager position or a Secretary position with some experience in the Travel industry, get in touch with me.Posted 9 weeks ago
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Clay Shirky - Where do people find the time Part 1 http://bit.ly/cCNFJGPosted 10 weeks ago
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Lubina Underground knows how to party. Thanks guys, you rock!Posted 10 weeks ago
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Runner up? I'd have to go with Balkan Xpress Soundsistema.Posted 11 weeks ago
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Best show this weekend, you ask? Hands down it was Leftfield.Posted 11 weeks ago
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Off to Pohoda!Posted 12 weeks ago
Updates
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I want a beta invitation to Boomerang for Gmail from @baydinsoftware http://bit.ly/b4gmail2 weeks ago from web
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How Star Trek artists imagined the iPad... 23 years ago http://bit.ly/9JZxov3 weeks ago from bitly
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Kodingen - Cloud IDE, where have you been all my life? http://bit.ly/bakJs94 weeks ago from bitly
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Wyclef Jean To Run For President Of Haiti http://huff.to/auvrlX4 weeks ago from bitly
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Clay Shirky - Where do people find the time Part 1 http://bit.ly/cCNFJG10 weeks ago from bitly
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Let's get started on this! Developer's Guide - Installable Web Apps - Google Code http://bit.ly/cLu8bi11 weeks ago from bitly
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The Pirate Bay Hacked, Users Exposed | TorrentFreak http://bit.ly/doNa4512 weeks ago from bitly
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12 weeks ago from web
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Memories of a ‘Black Y’ Provoke Smiles and Tears - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bXYySd12 weeks ago from bitly
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Clay Shirky: 'Paywall will underperform – the numbers don't add up' | Technology | The Guardian http://bit.ly/bejsY612 weeks ago from bitly
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Who is accessing your Gmail account? http://bit.ly/9NlcDt2 months ago from bitly
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Something Smells Funny and Its Not Wikileaks | Before It's News http://bit.ly/cBaKbI2 months ago from bitly
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Can Slovakia do something like this? Icelandic Modern Media Initiative http://bit.ly/bNVdCJ2 months ago from bitly
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Grooveshark VIP, 1 month Free http://bit.ly/bPHxYp You can sign up even if you weren't on LaLa. Been using it, will definitely pay for it!2 months ago from bitly
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2 months ago from web
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Replace Yourself with a Very Small Shell Script | Smarterware http://bit.ly/9uGjoc I NEED this! Let's keep nagging her.3 months ago from bitly
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http://bit.ly/c5VBy5 Wikileaks denies Tor hacker eavesdropping gave site its start
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http://bit.ly/bGd26B Help Shooty take out Fico!
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http://bit.ly/b8m2PZ Google to employees: 'Mac or Linux, but no more Window'3 months ago from web
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Chrome extension ExtensionFM tracks manages and syncs music in your browser from all over the web. Love it! http://bit.ly/bi44nG3 months ago from web
Posts
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July 15, 07:34 AM
Café Crème (Instrumental) by Ditty Rambik
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July 14, 10:45 AM
Get Smart
Still shaking my head over the Russian “Illegals Program” (come on, Mr. Fradkov, if THAT is all you’ve got maybe you should get off the sauce - a little “coding” maybe?). I’ve seen crack heads selling a stolen, half-eaten steak with more talent than this so-called spy ring. And they let Metsos out on bail so he can disappear? There’s definitely a lot more going on here than meets the eye. I hope. Maybe one too many Bourne movies has lured these guys into a false sense of competence?
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Faithfully by Journey2 weeks ago
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Waiting For A Girl Like You by Foreigner2 weeks ago
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Music box dancer by Frank Mills2 weeks ago
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Dust In The Wind by Kansas2 weeks ago
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Penny Lover by Lionel Richie2 weeks ago
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Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas2 weeks ago
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