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First, the main push came from reading "Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0". I started reading this after receiving a letter of temrination from my current position. It had been 4 years r so since my last job hunting frenzy so I thought I would give the book a read. As a result this is my launch pad for accessing all my internet based networks, profiles and other resources. Thanks to Jay Conrad Levinson and David E. Perry for the push.
Second, it had been a LONG time since I have hammered out some basic HTML. Things have changed a bit in the world of the web since my high school days. Back then there was no such thing as CSS. So this site uses CSS extensively as a learning tool.
Third, I have been a member of National Capital Freenet for many a moon (circa 1990), user id's are alphanumeric sequences, my userid is ae888. They offer very basic web hosting for their members and I have been meaning to take advantage of this for many other reasons. Using it as a personal marketing platform seemed like as good a reason as any.
Fourth, I have been exploring Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Content Management Systems (CMS) for a number of years. I currently use Joomla for a non-profit ski school and ski club (http://freeheelers.net) and Drupal for a non-profit community group (http://computersforcommunities.ca). CMS's are great for many reasons, one os which is that the webmaster and users can focus on content instead of design. However, the drawback to using one for your own site is the overhead it brings just to offer up some small web pages.
This site is serving many purposes and I hope in time that it will evolve into a site that draws friends and family as well as a tool for marketing myself to my dream future employer.