Hi, I’m Amanda MacArthur and I’ve written and created everything on Amander.com as an online blogfolio. It’s a collection of articles I’ve written for my own site (a few) and for other sites (a lot) (ex. Mequoda and Mashable).

I started Amander.com in 2002 when I started college as a personal website, but as I started my career it’s had many faces and now is the home of my blog archive (and a few old graphic design projects).

My bachelors degree is in Interactive Media Design, but when I was in 6th grade, all of my teachers thought I would be a famous writer some day. I wrote a book in fifth grade that may still well reside in my grade school library.

So far no novels, but maybe one day I’ll have a good blog that I can keep up with.

I’ve worked as an Email Designer (eDialog), Web Design Specialist (Marketing Sherpa) and had various other roles as Marketing Manager and Graphic Designer. I’ve now worked for Mequoda (a publishing research company for other publishers) for three years, starting as their Creative Director, then Creative Director & Product Manager, and now Editor & Publisher. I have the responsibilities of a graphic designer, web designer, marketer, event manager, editor, the list goes on. It’s never boring.

This year I had my first speaking engagement at the FOLIO:Growth Summit in Chicago, IL talking to magazine publishers about the benefits of using social media as a part of their online business model.

I also hosted and spoke on Mequoda’s Twitter for Publishers webinar with a few folks from BusinessWeek, USA Today and Dream of Italy. Follow me on Twitter (warning, I tweet a lot, and not always about anything interesting).

With my tiny bit of I time I get outside of work, I just like to enjoy life. I’m an adventurer and I want to see and do everything there is in this world. Right now I’m maintaining a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days.

More generically, I like to eat, travel and create things.