jason puckett [email protected]
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Why make a website?
“One of the first things I did was visit your website.... I think it gives one a very good idea of who you are as a person and what your professional interests are….”
-- Tom Reinsfelder,
ALA New Members Round Table resume reviewer
Why make a website?
“…I actually read your job related activities here before I saw it on your resume.
A search committee member is also likely to spend more time looking at you and your ‘stuff’ because of the website as opposed to just looking at a resume.”
-- Tom Reinsfelder,ALA New Members Round Table resume reviewer
[emphasis mine]
Why: disambiguation
Why: One place for everything
http://www.flickr.com/photos/km1980/2586999193/
Why: One place for everything
http://www.brianmathews.com/
Why: One place for everything
http://informationgoddess.info/about.html
Why: One place for everything
http://www.nirak.net/about/
Why: One place for everything
http://jasonpuckett.net
Why: More flexible than a resume
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmtucker/1271742623/
http://jasonpuckett.net/2008/06/06/games-in-libraries-podcast/
You can’t put multimedia on a resume
http://jasonpuckett.net/teaching/rss-workshop/
You can’t put multimedia on a resume
(slideshare.net)
Why: show your skills
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiftyfeet/125020968/
How: Just Use a Blog?
It’s free, but…
you’ve got limited features…
you can’t choose your domain name…
and it doesn’t really demonstrate any expertise
http://www.flickr.com/photos/poagao/115922089/
How: Web Hosting
http://laughingsquid.net/hosting/
Tiny Squid plan: $10/month
How: Web Hosting
http://lishost.org/
“All the space, all the email, all the bandwidth it takes”: $10/month
Tools: Wordpress
Tools: Wordpress
Tools: HTML
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thefangmonster/490423135/
Share your projects
http://jasonpuckett.net/projects/podcasting-in-academic-libraries/
http://dalziel.org/karin/publications-presentations/portable-applications/
Promote your appearances
http://informationgoddess.info/upcoming.html
Share your ideas
Get seen•Current content•Post your updates: Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed•Commenting•Google alerts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/estherase/317660299/
A Little Data
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sampitech/1346409923/
Epilogue
“You now have me thinking about putting together a website to promote myself.”
-- Tom Reinsfelder, ALA New Members Round Table resume reviewer
Thank You
Examples•http://brianmathews.com•http://informationgoddess.info•http://jasonpuckett.net•http://nirak.net
Links
Web Hosting•http://lishost.org•http://laughingsquid.net
Wordpress Blog Software•http://wordpress.org
http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/223839049/