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Moving to WordPress!

Hi folks! I am making the move from Blogger to WordPress, so if things may get a bit wonky in the meantime.

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Check out my other blogs:
Daniel Johnson, Jr.
Get That Job!
Journey Inside My Mind Blog
Journey Inside My Mind Podcast
QuotesBlog
Twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr
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My Virtual Business Card

Rather than try to shove a boatload of information onto a tiny piece of cardboard and paper, I'm taking a feather out of Christopher Penn's cap and putting it here instead.

If you've received a card of mine, this is the page should find. It's all the stuff I wanted to shove on the card.

Daniel Johnson, Jr.

• Lead Developer for a PEO in the Dayton, OH area, specializing in developing Business Intelligence (BI) and Decision Support Systems (DSS)
• Public Speaker, Presenter, and Outreach Organizer, Podcamp Ohio
  
• Founder, New Media Cincinnati
• Founder, Host, and Producer, Journey Inside My Mind Podcast
• Member, Association of Music Podcasting
• Panelist, The Pod 5
• Blogger:
  
  • Get That Job!
  • QuotesBlog
  • Journey Inside My Mind Blog
• New Media Consultant, One Voice Domestic Violence Community Awareness Walk, 2007
• http://feeds.feedburner.com/OneVoiceWalk
• http://myspace.com/onevoicewalk
• http://flickr.com/onevoicewalk
• http://twitter.com/onevoicewalk

Contact Services

• Phone/Voicemail: +1-513-373-4442
• Yahoo: danimal0416
• GoogleTalk: danimal0416
• Email: danieljohnsonjr at danieljohnsonjr dot com
• LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/danieljohnsonjr
• Skype: danieljohnsonjr
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr
• MySpace: http://myspace.com/danieljohnsonjr
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=623632641

Websites

• http://danieljohnsonjr.com
• http://journeyinsidemymind.com
• http://getthatjobonline.com
• http://jimmpodcast.com

I don't think this would have fit on a business card.

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Open-ended questions about my blogging approach

While driving into work this morning, I began thinking about how I'm using this blog and blogging in general. I came up with some open-ended questions for myself, none of which I'm able yet to answer.

• What ways can I merge my social media/new media passion with my job as a SQL developer into a career?
• What purpose do I really want this particular blog, to which I've assigned my name, to have?
• Should I separate the new media stuff on this blog from the technical stuff?
• How easy is it for someone looking at my resume to to really see what I'm about? Are folks finding the content I want them to find over here?
• Why do I have and maintain so many blogs? Would it be worthwhile to consolidate and/or "shut down" one or more of them?
• Is Blogger the tool I want to continue to use for my online presence, or is it worthwhile to move it to another blogging platform?
• How can I best communicate the technical aspects of my work in a way that is easy for someone to understand? Do I do this for myself mainly, or do I do this to inform others, too?
  

If you have any thoughts to share, please feel free to leave them in the comments.

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Check out my other blogs:
Journey Inside My Mind Blog
Journey Inside My Mind Podcast
Get That Job! - announcing the new project How I Got My Job!
QuotesBlog
Twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr

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Making this blog more reader-friendly

I recognize that I have a challenge in maintaining this particular blog. As I continue to promote myself across the "internets," different people will be visiting. What will they find? I want this to be the default landing place for people when they are looking for me. To that end, I've recently updated danieljohnsonjr.com:

• Stretched layout with more white space for easier reading
• Added content from my other blog feeds to the sidebar, so you can see the other fun stuff I'm doing
• Every post is labeled, so that you can find and read articles on the same topic
• Comments are always open, so please let me know what you think!

Recent blog makeover

I recently gave one of my oldest blogs, Get That Job! a makeover. Here's a link to the specific post where I mention this change, which includes screen shots of how the blog recently looked as well as how it looked in its earliest incarnation.

I like that the new version of Blogger lets you assign labels to posts, and I like how it presents the archives. I think I'm going to explore a way to present items from that blog, as well as my others, over here.

Check it out and let me know what you think!

On the need for conditional formatting

I just realized that these posts are getting a bit lengthy, so I'm considering setting up some conditional formatting to only display a preview of the posts on the main page. I'll have a link to the post pages so that you can read further.

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Welcome 2000 Bloggers Readers!

I just found out that I'm 948th among a list that Tino is compiling of 2000 bloggers. It's a bit mind-boggling to look through all the pictures of bloggers and instantly recognize everyone's individuality even though we each blog. It's a crazy concept. The collage of photos is even being considered as a potential book cover. And, as of this writing, there's still time to add yourself to the group.

As for me, you can check out the blurbs about me in the profile section where I have delineated some of my super powers. All that and more is available on the sidebar.

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Waiting for the internets

I just registered danieljohnsonjr.com to point here, and I'm waiting for the domain forwarding to propagate throughout all the internet.

Update: It looks like it works.

Blogging and Podcasting

Readers of this blog may also know about other blogs I produce, but, just in case, here are the main ones available to the public:

• Get That Job!, a job hunting and career development resource;
  
• Journey Inside My Mind Blog, my oldest blog/journal;
• Journey Inside My Mind Podcast, a mostly music podcast, with some other fun surprises;
• Homeschooler Podcast, a 10-minute podcast about homeschooling;
• QuotesBlog, a repository for quotations
  

First Post

This is the first post to this blog, which will serve to be an online "portfolio of sorts" in which I describe work I have done on various projects. I will not name specific companies but will instead name the type of industry.

By having this information online, I'm hoping it will give more exposure to my experience, skills, and qualifications.