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\ No newline at end of file + + + +I’m Liz, a tech director who loves the small web, tinkering with code, photography, travel, and gaming. I grew up when the internet was young and got my first PC in the late 90s. I became fascinated with how computers worked, how the web evolved, and started being online a bit too much! You can read more [about](/about/) me or find me on [Mastodon](https://allthingstech.social/@liz) and [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/liz.computer). \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/about/index.md b/content/about/index.md index ad758c6..ee47eb8 100644 --- a/content/about/index.md +++ b/content/about/index.md @@ -1,11 +1,27 @@ --- -title: 'About' +title: 'About Me and this Website' date: '2024-12-01' draft: false summary: All about this website. -showauthor: false +showauthor: true --- -## Organization + +## About Me + +I was born in New York City and grew up on Long Island. I went to college to get my bachelors in Computer Science and find my way into a career of tech support, product training, systems engineering, and web development. For ten years I worked in television media as a technical support engineer and product trainer for hardware and software, working with TV stations all across the USA, and UK. After living in London for three years I came back home to New York and worked for a managed services provider as a systems engineer specializing in Windows Server and virtualization technology with clients all along the east coast. In my spare time I had the pleasure of writing articles and gadget reviews over at The Gadgeteer. + +In 2017 I pivoted to become a full time web developer and found my current place of work where I started as an associate and part time developer. In 2021 I took a part time game development course via Code Coven to learn the foundations of Epic’s Unreal Engine and really enjoyed learning game making, design, and networking with folks from all over the world. Today I’m the digital director for a talented team of editors, writers, and developers in the health and wellness space. + +In my spare time I like to tinker with code on my personal websites, livestream music mixes and games, practice photography when I travel, and am interested in cyber security. I plan to build this website as a digital garden based on my experiences in tech, creative projects, hobbies, and notes from all aspects of my life. + +## Contact Me + +You can email me via this form or via "reply by email" on any page + + + + +## Site Categorization I'm going to use Maggie Appleton's [categorization technique](https://maggieappleton.com/garden-history#:~:text=This%20could%20be%20with%20a%20simple%20categorisation%20system.%20I%20personally%20use%20an%20overly%20horticultural%20metaphor): @@ -25,4 +41,4 @@ I subscribe to [Canva](https://canva.com) to edit the feature images and illustr The animated plant and leaf emoji are from [Google's Noto Emoji](https://googlefonts.github.io/noto-emoji-animation/). -My avatars - girl with computer and floppy disk are commissioned from the talented artist [heyheymomo](http://www.heyheymomo.com/)! Commissions done via [Ko-fi shop](https://ko-fi.com/heyheymomo). \ No newline at end of file +My avatars - girl with computer and floppy disk - are commissioned from the talented artist [heyheymomo](http://www.heyheymomo.com/)! Commissions done via [Ko-fi shop](https://ko-fi.com/heyheymomo). \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/public/about/index.html b/public/about/index.html index 70cfd92..d6701cb 100644 --- a/public/about/index.html +++ b/public/about/index.html @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ - About · Liz's Digital Garden - + About Me and this Website · Liz's Digital Garden + @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ - + @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ - + @@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Article", "articleSection": "", - "name": "About", - "headline": "About", + "name": "About Me and this Website", + "headline": "About Me and this Website", "abstract": "All about this website.", "inLanguage": "en", @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ "mainEntityOfPage": "true", - "wordCount": "123" + "wordCount": "416" }] @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ AboutAbout Me and this Website/ @@ -482,7 +482,7 @@

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I was born in New York City and grew up on Long Island. I went to college to get my bachelors in Computer Science and find my way into a career of tech support, product training, systems engineering, and web development. For ten years I worked in television media as a technical support engineer and product trainer for hardware and software, working with TV stations all across the USA, and UK. After living in London for three years I came back home to New York and worked for a managed services provider as a systems engineer specializing in Windows Server and virtualization technology with clients all along the east coast. In my spare time I had the pleasure of writing articles and gadget reviews over at The Gadgeteer.

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In 2017 I pivoted to become a full time web developer and found my current place of work where I started as an associate and part time developer. In 2021 I took a part time game development course via Code Coven to learn the foundations of Epic’s Unreal Engine and really enjoyed learning game making, design, and networking with folks from all over the world. Today I’m the digital director for a talented team of editors, writers, and developers in the health and wellness space.

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In my spare time I like to tinker with code on my personal websites, livestream music mixes and games, practice photography when I travel, and am interested in cyber security. I plan to build this website as a digital garden based on my experiences in tech, creative projects, hobbies, and notes from all aspects of my life.

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My avatars - girl with computer and floppy disk are commissioned from the talented artist heyheymomo! Commissions done via Ko-fi shop.

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