Suffice to say that based on what seems like a daily interaction with Wordpress over the past 4 years, and complete and constant immersion in it over the past 2 years, I’ve learned quite a bit about how to get done what I want to get done in WordPress. That, combined with an extensive number of years experience as a Unix sysadmin playing with websites and open source apps, and for the first time in a long time, I started having fun with creating websites again.

Over the past two years, I’ve also seen some of the wonderful things very talented coders have been able to do with WordPress, and especially with some amazing advances in the design of themes, and the number of high quality themes and plugins now available.

I’ve also chatted with some of those coders, and inevitably, the good ones get so busy that they can’t offer their support or services as frequently as they previously had, not even for paid projects.

The thought of that stayed in the back of my mind, and after churning out what I thought were 4 pretty nice websites (based on the feedback I began receiving for them) it seemed like a good idea to try my hand at offering my experience for sale to those who could use it. I have and will continue to offer help and suggestions freely, when possible, and I believe there can be a happy balance between the two options.

I’m not a graphics designer… I know enough Photoshop to be dangerous, and that’s about it. But what I do have is a unique set of skills acquired over a long career, skills that…

(Yes, I love movies, and books and television as well… why do you ask?)

that now make it possible for me to provide different types of solutions for different scenarios, and right now, WordPress has become my first choice for a solution base to start from. If there’s a need for a lot of graphics work, that’s when I turn to friends who are gifted in that arena, or spend a lot of time browsing stock photography websites.

This site will be a place to for me to write down some of my experiences and thoughts about website options, and a good place to reach me if you’d be interested in my assistance with a project or some troubleshooting. My hope is that any tips and tricks I’ve learned and keep learning can help out someone in need of the same trick someday.

Be seeing ya!