Technobiography

Technology, from my existence to my future, has played a crucial part in my life. I was born one month premature and if it wasn't for the technology available at that time I might not have been here today, so I'm grateful for that. As far as what technology has made me today, well many people would assume that I'm completely made of technology. About a year ago I came by an old photo of me when I was about five years old or so in front of an Apple IIe typing away. That photo brought back so many memories; those that I remember and those that I didn't but was reminded of by my family. So in a way, technology has always played a part in my life and today I try to take advance of technology in all aspects of life. I quickly utilized a PDA in my freshmen year of high school. Since high school, I have gone through three PDA's due to unfortunate events such as dropping them or jumping over a wall with a PDA and a soda can in the same pocket; long story, ask later. Since early high school I've been involved in webmastering and collaborating in website teams online, more specifically for gaming web sites. In my early high school life I became addicted to this game called StarCraft. But the game triggered a gene in me that i knew would separate me from the other mainstream gamers. I began to focus more on the community and development of the fansites more than on the game.

I was fascinated how teams of people would come together and develop a resource for the community, and more importantly, for free. I landed a position at a major gaming website for Starcraft and from there began to experiment with administering dedicated linux servers over the internet and even had my own 1-800 24hr tech support line, working for free of course. As I think back, it's hard to imagine that all of my webmastering began in the early parts of high school. Since then, I've been married to technology for all aspects of my life. I'm always one of the first to try a new part of technology and even though some people would say that I should wait until prices drop on cutting edge technology... I understand that someone has to pay for the research and development costs and I'm more than happy to be one of those people. Where would the world be if we didn't push for the next more efficient and productive technology.

Overall, on the other half of the table, I have begun to see the social damage that technology has been inflicting. Sure, technology has brought the world closer, but it's spread the neighborhood farther. But then again, that's another story to tell later...