Seeking a tidy title summarizing the services I offer as Mykl.biz, something short yet more specific than “geek” or “consultant” or “writer”, the best I’ve come up with is “Consulting Technologist”. Today I updated my description of Mykl.biz on LinkedIn. Here’s how I’m pitching myself. What do you think? Does it sound like bullshit?
I’ve always sought to mix “old” media with newer technology. I’m perpetually impatient, waiting for real world implementation of promising technologies to catch up with their own potential.
I was the first geek you saw carrying a laptop computer everywhere, because it was a filing cabinet and a personal assistant I could tuck under my arm. I’ve carried my “office” in a backpack ever since.
On the fly, I create custom databases that help me do the work of five people. I can design them for you, too.
I do web design work, for myself and for clients — and to help me speak intelligently with developers I hire for larger projects.
I spend much of my free time reading. I used to read monthly trade magazines to learn about new hardware. Then I followed web sites writing daily about innovative software. Now I read news feeds, chat and share with professionals all over the world, in real time.
Thus informed, and open minded, I tend to see the deeper potential in paradigm changing technology a few years before many people even notice it’s around.
