JPTWeb

This year I was fortunate enough to attend the “Higher Education Web Professionals” conference (HighEdWeb for short) in Milwaukee WI. I say fortunate because we all know this was a year of economic woes, financial uncertainty, and a general sense that we’re doomed.

It was my second time attending this conference. I often go into a conference thinking that I know it all. This is ironic for me since I can’t stand the know-it-all programmer type of personality. If you have to deal with the IT Crowd (have you tried turning it off and back on again?) I am sure you have encountered this type of person. I continually prove myself wrong even though I didn't leave having learned 3 new programming languages (only 1). If you are lucky you may leave it with a more enthusiastic outlook, a couple new ideas, an htmALE glass, and if you are very lucky: the coveted screaming monkey.

After a long hiatus I have finally managed to revamp jptweb. I hope to turn this site into the central hub for my social networking, web development, and overall online presence. Some interesting new features you may have noticed is the tag cloud. I  decided to take the tag cloud out as there aren't enough articles yet to make it useful, It may be back soon though. Over to the left you can see my latest tweets and things I have been digging (links I find interesting).

I have also decided to merge my blog together with my portfolio, so let’s hope no conflicts of interest arise. Well this writing about a website change is rather boring, however in the next week or so look for exciting posts from the HigherEdWeb 2009 conference in Milwaukee. Hopefully after the conference I will also be able to spell Milwaukee with spell check.