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Eric Shulman

"I can't NOT do this work... Communication, both online and individually, is the cornerstone of my whole professional career. Working with UnaMesa has enabled me to do the things that I NEED to do."

Eric was the first recipient of the UnaMesa Award in recognition of his focus on serving people and his passion in doing so.

His work for UnaMesa is a combination of designer, community plugin developer, community service provider and even community psychologist. For Eric, serving people is his primary driver. Greg Wolff, President & founder of UnaMesa, said of Eric, "He's very inspiring to me and gives me hope that the UnaMesa model will be successful. I thank him for his efforts."

Eric L. Shulman is the author of TiddlyTools: "Small Tools for Big Ideas!", a TiddlyWiki-based web site providing add-ons (plugins, scripts, templates, stylesheets, etc), instructional (FAQ) articles, and demonstrations/examples of Technologies, Techniques, Tricks, Tips, Tweaks and Tutorials for TiddlyWiki readers, authors and developers. In addition, he provides active, ongoing support, advice and assistance, both on-line and via individual emails, to the world-wide TiddlyWiki user/developer community.

Eric's professional career activities have centered on creating tools that can communicate a wide variety of knowledge and information in ways that allow people to more effectively express their thoughts and ideas and share them with others. His designs emphasize both ease-of-use and rich functionality to deliver high-quality, robust, user experiences.

Eric brings a wealth of direct, intensive experience in developing complex interactive systems, drawing upon many years of user interface and software design work on significant commercial products, including Lotus Development's ground-breaking "1-2-3" spreadsheet, which is widely recognized as having spurred the 'explosion' of the PC industry throughout the 1980's and 1990's.

Eric's academic qualifications include an interdisciplinary degree in "Interactive Systems Design" from Carnegie-Mellon University (Bachelor of Science, 1985), combining studies in Computer Science, Cognitive Psychology, Sociology, Human Factors, Artificial Intelligence, History and the Arts.