Some day, I’ll tell you folks the story of how I accidentally launched my online journalism career by building a seat-of-the-pants web site for the Hispanic Student Association in college using Adobe GoLive 6.0 (don’t make fun of me, dammit!).
In the meantime, XKCD says it best:
(BTW, Perl is a programming language sometimes used for web application development.)



By Daniel January 22, 2009 - 8:47 am
Hilarious. You know what got me my job? Tinkering with SEO/social media a bit.
Well, that, along with the whole journalism bit. I like to think I wasn’t half bad…
By Danny Sanchez January 22, 2009 - 9:43 am
@Daniel You really should tell that story on Old Media New Tricks one of these days.
By Danny L. McDaniel January 30, 2009 - 10:36 pm
Tinkering is the one activity that keeps the world moving forward. So tinker to your hearts delight. Now just tinker to find a way to keep newspapers relevant!
Danny L. McDaniel
Lafayette, Indiana
By Danny Sanchez February 2, 2009 - 9:39 pm
Thanks Danny. That’s what I try to do every day at work. And at night. And sometimes on the weekends…