Five Years of robmaeder.com
It was five years ago that I registered robmaeder.com and started up my own website. That was back when I was still in college and I originally planned to use it to showcase projects, post my resume and store some files.
Over time, I redesigned the site a few times, attempted regular updates, and added in some actual content.
Below is a brief rundown of robmaeder.com through the years. Click the screenshots to see how the page looked and acted back in its day. The archived copies of my site are available thanks to the Wayback Machine.
First off, the original look. It’s pretty plain and kinda not good. I created a simple php backend that allowed me to update the news section through an admin form.
The second edition of the site was pretty different, being very minimal and light.
This third version of robmaeder.com was quite good for my skills. I put a lot more work into it and it contained a lot of pages showing off some of my projects and experiences.
The site you’re looking at now is the fourth and latest version. I made the switch to WordPress a while back, and I really like how simple it is to add new content. I’m getting kinda bored of the design and the broken stuff, so I might mess around with it sometime. I also want to move a lot of the pages from my old site to this one, so I can consolidate everything in one place. I get a lot of obscure hits from Google searches that lead to my old site, and it would be nice if everything was in one spot.
There you have it. Solid proof I have been a nerd for at least five years.
Christien says:
Happy 5 years Rob! Time flys… and damn we’re getting old.
June 8th, 2007 at 8:01 am
Sneaky Ninja says:
At least five years is right… How long have we known each other?
First time I met you, i thought you were some sorta rocker with your long Kurt Cobain-ish hair… and then we talked, and I knew… NERD. LOL.
Speaking of nerdiness, I recently bought a game called “World of Warcraft”. It’s taking over my life. I love it more than facebook!!
June 10th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Spencer "anniversary" McCormack says:
Those updates were coming for some time.
June 12th, 2007 at 4:27 am