| About | ¶ 

Miroslav Djuric is the Director of Technical Communication of iFixit, a collaborative repair community that is dedicated to helping people keep their hardware running longer. He attained a concrete understanding of how things are fabricated while obtaining a graduate degree in Industrial Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Miroslav has extensive experience with technical writing, repair, making service documentation accessible to a global audience, and sustainable consumer electronics device design. In his spare time, Miroslav rides horses into the sunset and tinkers with automobiles.

You can download his mug in 400px quality right here for use in press releases, presentations, or German pornography. But keep it classy.

| Car Stuff | ¶ 

I've loved cars all my life. The Accord you see on the Honda device page is mine, actually. That's how it looked like in 2003 when I purchased it.

| PolyHouse | ¶ 

PolyHouse is a Cal Poly Industrial Engineering project found by Dr. Javadpour in 2004. Part of IE's Project Management class, the project asks students to completely refurbish a home for a family in need over two weekends. The majority of the class involves preparation -- figuring out what materials are needed, soliciting donations, purchasing whatever's not donated, and making sure there's fall-back methods in case things don't go as planned. As I found out during 2006's PolyHouse, things don't always go like they should :)

I was the Landscaping project manager, in charge of both front and back yards on a pretty sizable property.

Some "after" photos:

From the 2006 webpage description:

Our 2006 clients were a delightful mother and daughter whose circumstances prevent them from making many necessary changes to their home. The daughter was 54 years old and had both physical disabilities and chronic depression, stemming from a work related accident some years ago. She had had back surgeries and severe nerve damage in her legs which had left her in constant pain. The daughter is the primary caregiver of her 75 year old mother and also has a mentally and physically handicapped child. Due to her depression, physical disabilities, and overwhelming caregiver stress, she did not have the energy nor the means to maintain their shared home. Her mother’s health has continued to become more fragile as a consequence of her diabetes, blindness, and other age related illnesses, creating more dependency on an already frail daughter. It was our goal to improve the safety and comfort of their home and with the possibility for completion of household projects that would otherwise go undone, bring great comfort and hope for them.

I've gone through lots and lots of projects during my schooling at Cal Poly. None of them have had as profound an effect on me as this one.

| Computer Stuff | ¶ 

| Photography | ¶ 

Phonetography ¶ 

| Serbia | ¶