About The Author
I began writing website reviews in June 1996 for a defunct publication then known as “The Net” (the American version of a publication called .net). “The Net” was either sold or folded (a year or two after I was canned after producing about 30 reviews in only three issues for the publications website directory. A new editor was hired and then promply fired myself and all others who weren’t friends or hires of his.) and ultimately became Business 2.0. Nevertheless, “The Net” was my first technology based free-lanced writing gig. It was fun and easy pay while it lasted and, most importantly, taught me how to “surf the web with a purpose.” To this day, I frequently have friends and family ask me… “Can you find…” or “Do you know how to do this on the computer… .” More frequently than I’d like to admit, the answer is often “No, I don’t know…” but I never answer until I can find someone or some resource on the web that can help me.
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Which brings me to my second internet industry lesson: Never say you don’t know something until you’ve checked with your colleagues and/or searched the web to see if you can figure it out yourself! The best answer (if you really don’t know) is “wait, give me a second and I’ll get back to you.” I learned that when I became a producer for the now defunct theglobe.com. I was the company’s 12th hire (and first producer) after the pre-myspace.com online community relocated from Ithaca, NY to New York City. It was April 1997. A few months after being hired, myself and another recent hire noticed that a designer in our office received more projects than we did. We asked him (he is here - co-owner of redstr collective): “How is it that you have so many projects and we so few?” He asked us: “Well, what do you say when they (the powers that be!) approach you with a new project?” We responded, “If we know how to do it; we say we can do it. If we don’t know how to do it, we tell them we can’t.” His response: “That’s the wrong answer. You ALWAYS say… yeah, I can do that… and then figure out how to do it yourself or ask a friend or colleague. That’s why I have more work than you.” (What a great teacher he was!!) From that moment onwards, I have used his advice and began to teach myself tons of useless information that I want to share with you!! (Isn’t that great? Don’t you feel special?)
But, more importantly for me, I’d like you to teach me through your posts and comments (that way I get something out of all this!!).
I have a bachelor’s in print journalism and a master’s in education. My first profession was in “old media” later transitioning into new media (web 1.0 online communities). Today, I teach high school students - mostly non-technology related subjects.
This blog is an opportunity for me to reconnect with my media plus technology past and to catch up to its present. I hope you find the blog reviews useful and contribute to this project with your comments.
Best regards,
Deidra
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