I’m a guy living on his own in Redlands, CA. I work, eat, sleep, have friends and fun, and go to church here. My family is from Southern California, so the fruit has not fallen very far from the tree. I grew up closer to Pasadena and learned early on of a love for music and technology. I was a geek before it was cool to be a geek. I attended college at the University of Redlands with a Music Education major. I now have a job in marketing at ESRI, if you can believe that, and have taken a healthy amount of time learning about web application development and the inner-workings of the blogosphere.
About Life of Robert (now Not In Order)
Life of Robert is my blog where I write about things happening in my life and around it. This started during my senior year of college on an old GeoCities account that I updated manually; I had no fancy software to archive old entries automatically, just my patience in updating file names and links. One of my entries had the honor of turning into an article in the Student Leadership Journal, a magazine for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship student leaders.
The blog died for a couple of years, and the original content has been tragically (or thankfully?) lost. At some point, I stumbled on Blogger and was amazed that what I had done manually was now entirely automated. Some quick research into the blogging phenomena led me to GreyMatter, which I tried for about an hour, then on the MovableType. At this, I had found a home for my joy of writing short entries and design without the manual muck I remembered. Eventually, this became to intensive to maintain and so the blog moved to a simpler method at WordPress.com.
In 2007, the name of the blog was changed to Not In Order to be a little less narcissistic.
About Other Stuff
I’m also involved in the Redlands community through the First Baptist Church of Redlands, where I worship and participate on the 8:30 Service Worship Team (a.k.a. Eternal Damnation, among other lovely band names). I’ve volunteered in the past at Mustard Seed Tutorial Center and continue to offer assistance when needed and moral support.
Most recently I have joined the Community Chorus of Redlands under the direction of Jeffrey H. Rickard. Along with some friends, both old and new, I will be able to participate in the annual Feast of Lights at the University of Redlands as well as various concerts in the Spring.
Final note: the thoughts and views expressed on this site are entirely my own unless specifically noted as otherwise. I do not represent the view of my current or past employers nor any other organization I belong to. If you are looking for posts about ESRI or GIS, you’ll be disappointed. Sorry.
