One last 10th Anniversary post…
Your Author, August 26, 2000
Age: 18
Occupation: College Student / Orientation Leader / Barista
Education: One year of college
Residence: Double-occupancy dorm room
Roommate: Viktor, a despicable Eastern European cad
Music collection: about 2,500 songs
Songs written: 100
Girls dated: 0
As a performer: High school and college plays. Maybe an open mic.
Recording rig: Pinhole mic in PC monitor, into Real Producer
Blogging platform: Free account on freespeech.org; Blogger via FTP
Media experience: Hung out at Philly Weekly for the day. Wrote for a little-viewed e/n site (remember those?)
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Your Author, August 26, 2010
Age: 28
Occupation: Communications Account Manager
Education: BA Communications, minors in Theatre & Music
Residence: Single tudor house
Roommate: Elise, charming wife and rock star
Music collection: about 18,000 songs
Songs written: 262
Girls dated: 2
As a performer: A few hundred open mics and a burgeoning number of full gigs; public speaking for groups >4000
Recording rig: Multi-track digital home studio
Blogging platform: Pro account on Dreamhost; installed WordPress
Media experience: Copywriting for local and national publications & brochures; managing multi-platform ad campaigns; brand identities for two non-profit startups; 10 years of blogging