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Email: kai@NOSPAMacm.org (Remove NOSPAM for actual address) |
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Glad to See You!My name is Michael Masumoto, and I'm a furniture maker, writer and musician working in Sonoma County, California. From 1995 to 2001, I worked as a web programmer and web programming instructor at San Francisco State University. My complete instructional materials and tutorials from that period are still available via this website. This website will soon be drastically revised. In the meantime, this page contains brief introductions and links to the various areas of the site. Current ActivitiesMy husband, Kai, and I have started a new high-end art furniture making business called "Masumoto Herd" whose website (not yet constructed) will be masumotoherd.com. In 2009, Kai finished his woodworking training at the prestigious James Krenov-founded Fine Woodworking program at the College of the Redwoods in Fort Bragg, CA. Now, we've founded a workshop in Rohnert Park, CA. For years, I've worked with fused glass, so I'm designing furniture for us to make which combines fused glass and wood in a way which I've never seen done before. Our first piece is scheduled to be finished this summer (2011). I am still working on my first novel, but it has been back-burnered until the furniture business gets going... Founding a startup takes a lot of effort! FilmmakingMy first (and only) film, Cinderella of the Shopping Malls, has been on production hiatus since early 2005. Although I learned a great deal from this project, it did not shape up as I had hoped (mostly due to my lack of experience), and will not be released on DVD. I am planning on releasing a drastically shortened version via YouTube at some point in the future. My movie company, Synesthetic Pictures, has been disbanded. At this point, I'm just going to make videos as promotional materials for our new furniture company and for fun. I'm scaling back the grandiose projects to something I can actually accomplish without killing myself! I had a health scare a couple of years ago which made me realize that I needed to be careful. Last Updated: May 17, 2011 |
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About the TutorialsI taught web programming classes beween 1995 and 2001; as a consequence, I developed an extensive catalog of tutorial and online course materials. Because HTML has not changed much since my retirement, my materials are still surprisingly current and helpful, and they are available to you, for FREE, here at my website. I wish I could afford to update it, but it makes no money and I'm busy. Still, there's an entire web programming course online here, from the basics of web page design and programming, to CSS, to object-oriented programming concepts in JavaScript. I may have one of the most content-rich personal web sites ever created! I used to ask for a $35 dollar shareware fee, but no one ever pays me so why bother? If you want to contribute, send a check to: Michael Masumoto If you can't afford shareware fees, use my materials for free without guilt. 
Selected Student TestimonialsMichael Masumoto has a rare talent: the ability to go back in time, to analyze what your brain was like when it didn't have the knowledge at hand, and to determine the clearest way of conveying that knowledge so that it's easy to understand. Michael has the patience to approach a problem several different ways, break it down, reconstruct it a few times... Many people seem unable to do this, and the fact that some of them are paid to write books and teach classes is just ridiculous. Not that I'm going to mention any names. Michael is an excellent teacher and presents information in an absolutely clear and concise manner, progressing through topics in a way that makes the most sense, guiding and inspiring you every step of the way. It takes a unique talent to organize information and present it so effectively. I am extremely grateful that I had Michael as a teacher. --Gwyn Waters |
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Independent Filmmaking in Northern CaliforniaAs I mentioned above, this area is currently inactive. That should be changing soon, but I've been saying that for seven or eight years, so we'll see if I mean it this time. 
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A World of ContentThe Projects area of my website is a grab-bag of stuff. The Internet is such a volatile place, that not everything I've ever done is still available for viewing. Still, this area contains all of the still-active links which I am aware of. Let's face it; this is a museum. Still, you'll find a portfolio of all of my extant non-teaching web projects here. The Projects area is also home to game prototypes, long-distance collaboration efforts, and who knows what else. 
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Book SalesI believe that I'm still an Amazon.com Associate Member, but this bookstore is from my teaching days and consequently hopelessly out of date. I'll be getting it cleaned up soon, but for now... don't bother to visit!
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Personal PagesThis area is also hopelessly out of date. The few pictures contained within must be at least 10 years old! I'll be trying to get this updated soon. Invade Michael's Personal Space (Beware) 
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Composition and PerformanceI'm an opera composer and singer. I received my Master's Degree in Music Composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 1992, and have a fully trained operatic dramatic-baritone voice. I'm also a classical pianist who likes to play chamber music. My life has been so crazy for the past few years, that I haven't had much time to perform. I hope to see that change in the future; I need the outlet! I'll be getting this area updated soon, I promise. I've been sorting my audio and video materials from the past, and I want to get that stuff online. For now, I don't even know what all's here. 
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Product Information, Excerpts, and SalesYou can pick up silly souvenirs and some other junk from this area. This will be updated soon because I want to freshen everything for the furniture business. 
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Old Class InformationI have retired from active academic teaching. I used to teach primarily at the San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program. As a courtesy to my former students, I have retained links to my old class areas. Most of the important information from these areas has been migrated to my Tutorials area. |
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Contents of this website Copyright © 1995-2011 Michael Masumoto. All Rights Reserved. |
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