I built my first web page in 1993, after several years building gophers and a variety of information system instances. Over the (*gulp*) two decades since, through college, graduate school, and a variety of employers, clients, and user interface/design/information architecture jobs, I built all sorts of things on julen.net. Some were famous. Some were infamous. Some were secret. Some were silly. Some were not. Highlighted here are some of the things that keep drawing people back, even if they've been shut down more than a decade, or stagnant for a few years.
The Ancient World Web
One of the earliest meta-indices to topics on-line dealing with the Ancient World. Each entry was annotated and reviewed
and organized into one or more subcategories based on region, language, discipline (from archaeology to language
to mythology to science -- and so much more). It was covered by everyone from Archaeology to Japanese TV, and used
by tens of thousands of people in a year. It was also the website that inspired thousands of homework-related requests and demands.
Closed.
Charlottesville On-line
This was a quick and dirty effort to gather the links to everything online in and around Charlottesville, VA,
that somehow found a little local popularity and heavy use while the wired members of town tried to figure out how
to build a real wired community network. I was thrilled to shut this one down when Monticello Avenue was launched.
Closed.
The Daily Decision
Maintained on and off for more than decade and a half, this little frippery of a web page proclaimed the one
decision I was willing to make (and admit to) a day. Some were serious and some were silly and some were
real head scratchers.
On hiatus.
The Etruscan Network
This pathfinder for resources online dealing with the Etruscans and their world was actually stolen and copied
wholesale to be presented on the web as their own work more than anything else (even the You Know You Are
A Geek... page!) I have produced in the private sphere. Not bad for a project that grew out of an assignment
in my Introduction to Information (i.e. Reference 101) class.
Closed.
The Nielsen Desktops
These started out as a joke at work and somehow took off. It was just a collection of desktop images depicting
a semi-famous person and a bit of snark. They were, I must admit, a little mean-spirited (although an accurate
representation of my view), which is probably why I didn't put them back on line during this last server move.
I've mellowed over time, and had begun to feel a little bad for the subject.
Closed.
Everything listed here can be reached by spelunking through the alphabet julen, but some of the paths end at the barred door.