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If we're going back to the 90's, I didn't get a job from my personal website but I did have a local newspaper article written about me in 1997 because I had a p

If we're going back to the 90's, I didn't get a job from my personal website but I did have a local newspaper article written about me in 1997 because I had a personal "home page". I waxed on and on about the web being an empowering force that allowed everybody to publish their thoughts and ideas to the masses, rather than having major media sources control the dialog. It was a nice, optimistic vision, even if it hasn't exactly turned out that way. The article made me a local celebrity for about a week, as everybody wanted to stop me in the street and know all about it.

ljf 2y ago
As someone who just vaguely knew that I wanted to work 'in the media' when I got a job, getting my own webpage felt all those things and more. I'd dreamt of a radio show or being a reporter, and here I was putting my content out for everyone (no-one) to see. And when I realised it could be a shop too... I must have sold a couple of thousand fresnel lenses before I got bored of that site - but I learnt so much.