Greetings, Quirks!
My name is Shirley Chan, and I am joining the community as your newest ambassador.
Here’s a little about me. After graduating college, I ran away to London for half a year and earned my beer money with various gigs like being a temp receptionist for a design firm where my head was projected on a 2-story screen to greet visitors a la The Wizard of Oz. Word to the wise: the British find American accents insanely charming. Ironic, huh?
Eventually, the English major in me spoke up (quite eloquently) and pushed me to explore journalism, magazine and book publishing. Within book publishing, I discovered my strengths as a production manager and built up knowledge communicating with authors, editors, designers and book printers. From there, it was a natural evolution to join the passionate group of people at Quirky to help achieve incredible things.
To acquaint myself with this new world, I have been reading the forums filled with your comments and suggestions. Of course, I still have a lot to learn so please feel free to introduce yourselves. Chances are, if you’re an active member, I’m already familiar with some of your thoughts and ideas. Can’t wait to get to know you!
8 Comments
Dhanya | 05/20/2010 5:25 PM
Shirley, Congratulations! on joining the Quirky team, and welcome to our forums.
shirley | 05/20/2010 6:00 PM
Thanks! It’s great to be here.
Clinton | 05/20/2010 9:23 PM
Hi Shirley,
Welcome to quirky!
Stock up on stress squishers and chocolate, and you’ll be fine.
michael m. | 05/21/2010 3:04 AM
Welcome Shirley, Are you in addition to or a replacement of…?
jess | 05/21/2010 8:04 AM
I’m still around, folks! =)
And ditto the stress squishers and chocolate comment, but add double espressos to the list.
shawnee | 05/21/2010 10:15 AM
Shirley, surely you should know that you got the job I wanted. Is quirky really hiring from within the community, or are they just saying that?
*grump* *grump* Just kidding!
Congratulations.
I bet you do get a lot of huh’s w/the double accents.
shirley | 05/21/2010 10:34 AM
Stress squishers and chocolate, huh? I’ve just been squishing chocolate, maybe I’ll try it your way, guys!
And Shawnee, it’s really nice of you to send a greeting despite the competition. Quirky is growing quite quickly (say that 3 times fast!) so there is always hope!