Jason Puckett [email_address] http://jasonpuckett.net

Why make a website? “ One of the first things I did was visit your website.... I think it gives one a very good idea of who you are as a person and what your professional interests are….” -- Tom Reinsfelder, ALA New Members Round Table resume reviewer

“ One of the first things I did was visit your website.... I think it gives one a very good idea of who you are as a person and what your professional interests are….”

-- Tom Reinsfelder,

ALA New Members Round Table resume reviewer

Why make a website? “… I actually read your job related activities here before I saw it on your resume . A search committee member is also likely to spend more time looking at you and your ‘stuff’ because of the website as opposed to just looking at a resume.” -- Tom Reinsfelder, ALA New Members Round Table resume reviewer [emphasis mine]

“… I actually read your job related activities here before I saw it on your resume .

A search committee member is also likely to spend more time looking at you and your ‘stuff’ because of the website as opposed to just looking at a resume.”

-- Tom Reinsfelder, ALA New Members Round Table resume reviewer [emphasis mine]

Why: disambiguation

Why: One place for everything http://www.flickr.com/photos/km1980/2586999193/

Why: One place for everything http://www.brianmathews.com/

Why: One place for everything http://informationgoddess.info/about.html

Why: One place for everything http://www.nirak.net/about/

Why: One place for everything http://jasonpuckett.net

Why: More flexible than a resume http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmtucker/1271742623/

You can’t put multimedia on a resume http://jasonpuckett.net/2008/06/06/games-in-libraries-podcast/

You can’t put multimedia on a resume http://jasonpuckett.net/ teaching/rss-workshop/ (slideshare.net)

Why: show your skills http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiftyfeet/125020968/

How: Just Use a Blog? It’s free, but… you’ve got limited features… you can’t choose your domain name… and it doesn’t really demonstrate any expertise http://www.flickr.com/photos/poagao/115922089/

It’s free, but…

you’ve got limited features…

you can’t choose your domain name…

and it doesn’t really demonstrate any expertise

How: Web Hosting http://laughingsquid.net/hosting/ Tiny Squid plan: $10/month

How: Web Hosting http://lishost.org/ “ All the space, all the email, all the bandwidth it takes”: $10/month

Tools: Wordpress

Tools: Wordpress

Tools: HTML http://www.flickr.com/photos/thefangmonster/490423135/

Share your projects http://jasonpuckett.net/projects/podcasting-in-academic-libraries/ http://dalziel.org/karin/publications-presentations/portable-applications/

Promote your appearances http://informationgoddess.info/upcoming.html

Share your ideas

Get seen Current content Post your updates: Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed Commenting Google alerts http://www.flickr.com/photos/estherase/317660299/

Current content

Post your updates: Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed

Commenting

Google alerts

A Little Data http://www.flickr.com/photos/sampitech/1346409923/

Epilogue “ You now have me thinking about putting together a website to promote myself.” -- Tom Reinsfelder, ALA New Members Round Table resume reviewer

“ You now have me thinking about putting together a website to promote myself.”

-- Tom Reinsfelder, ALA New Members Round Table resume reviewer

Thank You Examples http://brianmathews.com http://informationgoddess.info http://jasonpuckett.net http://nirak.net Links Web Hosting http://lishost.org http://laughingsquid.net Wordpress Blog Software http://wordpress.org http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/223839049/

Examples

http://brianmathews.com

http://informationgoddess.info

http://jasonpuckett.net

http://nirak.net

Web Hosting

http://lishost.org

http://laughingsquid.net

Wordpress Blog Software

http://wordpress.org