Saturday, March 04, 2006
The Obligatory "Here's My Side Business" Post
What’s a blog good for if you can’t use it toot your little horn every now and then? To help make ends meet around here I try to do a little work on the side when opportunities present themselves. (Here’s where I introduce my side business.) I’ve found there are a lot of people who need simple websites but don’t know anything about it and can’t afford to pay much. There’s where I come in.
I may be impatient when it comes to certain things (commuting, grocery store checkout… nearly any form of waiting in general) but I seem to have boundless amounts of it when it comes to internet beginners who need a website. I help them get their domains, offer free advice, and suggest inexpensive hosting options.
Some of the clients I’ve worked have been ripped off by assholes claiming to do what I do. They take the money and run. (Those self-serving, money-grubbing fuckheads need to curl up and die.) So part of my “service” is restoring their confidence and lending credibility back to freelancers, to demonstrate that there are still some honest folks out there trying to eke out a living.
I’m not a very creative designer. Actually I’m not much of a designer at all. I have very limited graphical abilities. I prefer simple, clean websites. But if anyone comes to me with a Photoshop layout of how they want their website to look, I can cut up the pieces and put it together into a website, no problem. I’m an HTML wiz. (Not a genius, just a wizard.)
So if you know anyone who needs someone like me, feel free to send them over to PennyDragon.com to read more details about what I do and how I work. I can’t lie worth a damn, so that makes me a very honest person by default. I like to help out where I can, and maybe earn a little mortgage money in the process. It’s a feel-good thing.
Okay that’s it. Boring post I know, but who else will promote me if I don’t? I deserve it. At least that’s what I tell myself every morning in the mirror. “Geeky, you’re good enough, you’re smart enough, and gosh darnit people like you!”
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