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Why Personal Websites Matter
latif writes "Lately personal websites have fallen out of fashion. Some term them as vanity sites, and others are scared of privacy concerns. The article Why Personal Websites Matter discusses some reasons as to why they have to be embraced to stay competitive." I see the personal website as the virtual equivalent of the front of one's home, except that most virtual homes have large signs in the front yard that give a running play-by-play of the inhabitants. Just like one's home, it may be prone to vandalism, but it's far easier to make one's website be an expression of oneself, than to put up large signs outside!
First post has been acheived!
Test test test test.
only to the person making it.
FP for JESUS!!!
I find it amazing that the slashdot editors would fall for such a blatant advertorial.
This punk latif is just trying to sell his skills on this webpage and has written an inoffensive pseudo editorial under the guise of information to get himself put on the front page of slashdot.
I would be interested to see how many of latif's other works had been submitted by himself as potential stories, how bout his offer of programming help where he claims;
"I used to be a big proponent of OOP but eventually discovered that it just does not work all that well." (I would link to it but i don't want to give the google bots any more reason to find his site), don't worry he's there "to outsource please do not hesitate in contacting me".
Cowboy Neal must have been smoking crack with SCO to have fallen for such an obvious ruse.
I see the personal website as the virtual equivalent of the front of one's home
Nice analogy - not. Unless obscurity was your goal?
It all derives from people's need to be noticed and valued by others. Most people's psyche would shatter into pieces if they truly realized how worthless they are. (In a unique way. Of course the streetsweeper is valuable, but it's the position, not the person that has the value.)
sign.
y site.asp,
.asp on that won. as the lights come up, there'll be no going back, & no where to hide.
it can also identify your technical/'net aptitude, or lack thereof.
example: if your 'personal' site address is http://www.msn(or)aol,etc.../cattle/herd/sheep/~m
that really says somethings about you without having to access your 'homepage'.
other than a few friends, relatives, & corepirate nazi infosucks, no one really gives a fud if you post your details. you can help to get yourself spammed, &/or on a variety of corepirate nazi 'buyer' lists.
carry on though, no harm dumb?
now, if you have something to say/products/services of relevance, that's different. then, of course, you could consider a reasonably easy to locate address(url), as well as an interactive site, to get the desired results.
stuff that doesn't matter aside, get ready to see the light.
J. Public et AL has yet to become involved in open/honest 'net communications/commerce in a meaningful way. that's mostly due to the MiSinformation suppLIEd buy phonIE ?pr? ?firm?/stock markup FraUD execrable, etc...
truth is, there's no better/more affordable/effective way that we know of, for J. to reach other J.'s &/or their respective markets.
the recipe is:
consult with/trust in yOUR creator. vote with yOUR wallet. more breathing. seek others of non-agressive intentions/behaviours. that's the spirit.
use key words/indexing to identify yourself/your products.
the overbullowned greed/fear based phonIE marketeers are self eliminating by their owned greed/fear/ego based evile MiSintentions. they must deny the existence of the power that is dissolving their ability to continue their self-centered evile behaviours.
as the lights continue to come up, you'll see what we mean. meanwhile, there are plenty of challenges, not the least of which is the planet/population rescue (from the corepirate nazi/walking dead contingent) initiative.
EVERYTHING is going to change, despite the lameNT of the evile wons. you CAN bet your
we weren't planted here to facilitate/perpetuate the excesses of a handful of Godless felons. you already know that? yOUR ONLY purpose here is to help one another. any other pretense is totally false.
pay attention (to yOUR environment, for example). that's quite affordable, & leads to insights on preserving life as it should/could/will be again. everything's ALL about yOUR motives.
Our corporate firewall blocks this famous personal web site I'd like to refer in this discussion.
I'd be happy if you could tell me whether it is still open? If it still has the depth it used to have?
Then again, I vaguely remember, the virtual equivalent of the front of one's home does not really apply here.
I hadn't the slightest objection to his spending his time planning massacres for the bourgeoisie... (P.G. Wodehouse)
Ack! Eschew the green gnu! Friends don't let friends use mouseover events, but if you must put a mouseover event on the gnu, at least do something fun with it, like make his eyes glow red.
who are those slashdot people? they swept over like Mongol-Tartars.