A brief history of finding work online...

[Jeff]

I've been online for years. I started using the CompuServe forums back in the '80s...before the Internet was something you used at home. Why CompuServe? Well, at the time the CompuServe forums were the best place (in some cases the ONLY place) to get online support directly from a software company.

Back in those days, I was using AutoCAD, and the AutoCAD forums were the absolute best place to share ideas, post questions and build community with other AutoCAD users.

In 1990, one of the friends I had met online was looking for someone who knew how to do 3D modeling in AutoCAD to help with an animation she was contracted to produce. This turned out to be the first of many projects I got directly through contacts I met online.

Today, I use IM to keep in touch with people I've worked with on a regular basis. Instant messaging has become an indispensable business tool!

[mflynn]

You built a marvelous site here Jeff, it's a pleasure to see your users in action. My comment on web chat is simply that people are the same on or off the internet: some good, some bad, most in between with a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. Remember that Donald Duck cartoon?
My intention is to link to the company of like minded individuals. We all have a lot to learn and only each other (and a few books) to learn from. Finding old friends and making new ones works with IM or discussion groups like these.
My only disappointment with the site so far is that so many users don't file a profile. Aren't we the shy ones?

Mark

[Jeff]

quote:You built a marvelous site here Jeff, it's a pleasure to see your users in action.

Thanks for the kudos!

quote:My comment on web chat is simply that people are the same on or off the internet: some good, some bad, most in between with a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. Remember that Donald Duck cartoon?

Yep... but why was the angel always such a wuss?

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My intention is to link to the company of like minded individuals. We all have a lot to learn and only each other (and a few books) to learn from. Finding old friends and making new ones works with IM or discussion groups like these.

That's my goal as well. I keep learning, and much of that comes through friends (both online and IRL).

quote:My only disappointment with the site so far is that so many users don't file a profile. Aren't we the shy ones?

True, many have not. I think that those who are most active do eventually. Maybe it's time to put a little reminder on the home page?

Jeff Hester
BigBlueBall.com

[Sathallrin]

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My only disappointment with the site so far is that so many users don't file a profile. Aren't we the shy ones?
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True, many have not. I think that those who are most active do eventually. Maybe it's time to put a little reminder on the home page?

Thats true, active users tend to be the people to put the profiles on. Many people that are just asking one question want to be unknown. When I first signed up, I didn't know if I would be back, so I didn't bother to put a profile, but now that I have been here for a bit, I now have a profile...

~Sathallrin~

[Elytha_Ro]

hi
my story its just beginin, and i hope find a lot of friends in here, i just use the msn messenger and have contact with my friends, then i started to see that are a lot of things around there, many new things, discoveries, and a lot more that i liked, so i hope to find the right direction to be a good member, friend, and learn a lot from u guys, and if i can do some for anyone, sure ill aport what i learn to otheres..<img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle>

[Sathallrin]

quote:hi
my story its just beginin, and i hope find a lot of friends in here, i just use the msn messenger and have contact with my friends, then i started to see that are a lot of things around there, many new things, discoveries, and a lot more that i liked, so i hope to find the right direction to be a good member, friend, and learn a lot from u guys, and if i can do some for anyone, sure ill aport what i learn to otheres..

Welcome to the Forum. I hope you have a good time in here, I know I have. Its rare to find a place online with such good people.
New faces with new ideas are always good, its how anyplaces can grow. We can all learn from each other, and everyone who joins adds new ideas to the Forum in some way or another.


~Sathallrin~

[Elytha_Ro]

<img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle> Hi, thxs sathallrin, and hope that be that way......im totally with your poit<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>