On a traditional business website, the About Page typically provides details about the business offering. Because my website is mixture of business and personal topics, I've chosen to do my About Page a bit differently...
One last note...the powerful Twist! technology I've built presents the content differently, each time the About Page is rendered. There are many reasons for this. Colors and Fonts change, and the order of the sections change as well. It's not broken, but certainly not yet optimized. If you'd like to know more click here. Thanks and have a wonderful day!
Mark
I regularly encounter women (and sometimes, their children) that are in some level of distress or very much at risk! I'm grateful to have them feel comfortable enough to reach out for help, or accept it if I can see their need first. I am even more grateful to have some small means to assist them.
My personal connection to their lives is humbling. Doing small things that bring a smile, or provide food or shelter has been a high point of my life. I know that I am seeing only a small amount of the need that exists. I mention this in my About Page, with the hopes of encouraging others to appropriately engage women in need.
Our society continues to have significant obstacles to women succeeding. The cumulative effect of these obstacles over time imposes a great burden on them. I try to remind myself that while I cannot fix society as a whole, I can make difference in the life women, one woman at at time. I hope my website visitors (male and female), work to see the need I am describing. It's everywhere!
Please remember that there are situations where people that are otherwise ready and able to strive for success, may become temporarily disenfranchised. They may not currently have access to things that most of us consider to be basic necessities.
A shower, a pair of clean and warm clothes, reading glasses, a mobile phone, connection to the internet, or a bank account. Looking for a job, getting to a meeting, paying for something online, or other things we may take for granted become very difficult, if not impossible. Their progress is slowed or stopped.
Regardless of how much these folks want to succeed, their lack of access to the most basic things is frustrating at best, and disabling at the worst. It's my pleasure to sometimes see their circumstance and to offer a conference room, a pre-paid mobile phone, a shower, etc. Maybe just a warm hug and encouragement. I am reminded how fortunate I am to have access to "the little things" that we often take for granted. Please help others that are disenfranchised.
Dogs have always been very special to me. I don't think I'm alone in that feeling at all.
But I will say that to me, dogs are NOT just "another pet." I think they have a special place in the order of human relationships. And because of my Longevity focus, I am very curious about how dogs relate to people in both obvious, and not-so-obvious ways.
I'll go far as to say that for 90% of the people on the Planet, matching the person with the correct dog will measurably extend their lifespan! Yes, that's pretty bold statement. I'll back it up later with quite a bit of supporting data.
Let's just say that for now, doggos are on my "most important list." While individual people can be very challenging, dogs are almost always a blessing and the sweetest and most amazing creatures. I love them ALL!
I've been imagining, designing, building and supporting technology solutions since 1979. I've done so many projects (with companies small and huge) that technology some how works its way into everything I do.
Most of what I personally work on, no longer involves me having a technology output for clients. I'm still deeply involved in solutions that power the startups and scaleups I'm invested in and expect that I always will.
My client base has a high % of startups and scaleups. I enjoy working with them, and I have several credentials that allow me to quickly and cost-effectively help them.
Interestingly enough, I find that many of my mid-market and enterprise clients benefit from my startup / scale-up acumen. Sometimes I'm hired specificly to treat enterprise initiatives as if they were startups. How fun!
