About Her
I've been building websites for ten years as of February; some form of this one has been around since May of 1994. I've seen how the World Wide Web has transformed the Internet, and I've moved from college to graduate school to real world in that period.
I work in the digital world: I design software and on-line tools, build the user interactions, manage the user experience, and aside from that, do a little bit of everything. I play there, too - in the fifteen years I've been dabbling on the net, I've designed MUCKs and sysopped BBSes, built large meta indices and odd little sites, participated in specialized communities and taken advantage of the depth and marvels of the 'net.
But my world is so much larger than things Internet: I bought a house last year, and have planted and painted and built a pond and patio. I've turned the third bedroom into a studio where I have room for both my light table and my easel. I have a cat and friends and a great neighborhood of people. I like the people I work with.
I've met many of the goals I had when I was young: I collect art and support good causes; I make art and do interesting things. I own a house. I have a job that requires my creativity. No one tells me what to do. I own a grey cat. I've lived in big cities. I see the world. I am a decent, kind, courteous, thinking human being.
I'm still learning things. I read for pleasure. I vote in the small elections as well as the large ones. I'm a reasoned risk-taker. I can still climb a tree. I'm neither hoity nor toity. I'm as good at following the leader as I am at being the leader.
I admit my mistakes, and I apologize. My ego does not trump the Right Thing to Do. I'm less shy than I used to be, and I handle criticism of all varieties well. I like constructive solutions. I'm an odd combination of Visionary and Executor traits.
I love berries of all ilks, books that make me think, good ideas that end up being great things, and knowing how things work.
I have a good life.
