1. Jason Puckett jason@jasonpuckett.net http://jasonpuckett.net

2. 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

3. 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]

4. Why: disambiguation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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/

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

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

17. Tools: Wordpress

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

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

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

22. Share your ideas

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

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

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

26. 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/