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Many an article have been written about the Wayback machine (WM here)--the Internet archive that stores 55 billion plus web pages, including dozens of versions of my professional site (I'm a technology writer/journalist) at http://www.geercom.com, freshly updated with more clips (writing samples), color (finally!) and better navigation.

So, I thought, perhaps my personal trip back in time via the WM would inspire some of you to do likewise.

If you've ever been part of a Web community, had a favorite site --now changed to your disliking or gone--, or even had your own home page, today's entry will help illustrate the joy or surprise, the memories triggered, the perspectives gained that taking your own trip back in time (sounds like an intro to the Twilight Zone, doesn't it?) may give you.

So, here we go.

Not by chance, I surfed directly to the WM with the intention of digging out some work history from old resumes, now lost to unrecoverable computer crashes that lost said data before I discovered good backup technologies.

(Ahem.)

I found the meat I needed to add to the dish (as in "gimme dish!", a saying, which means give me the information or details, the story) in my current resume. (I decided to better establish my ever-elongating professional history.) Here's what I found, and the story it tells.

No matter how far along you get in your writing career, this is a profession where along with long-term customers you will always get the one-timers and some-timers who use your services only once or a few times.

They're kind of like tourists who, traveling once through a city, stop to get gas and directions, perhaps a snack or a meal or overnight lodgings, never to return.

So, I found these gems, some of which I had certainly forgotten.

"· Giftware Business Magazine-New York, NY-September, 2002"

Now, what was a technology writer doing writing for a Giftware Business pub? Well, sometimes one likes to wander in different directions. This was such a wandering. And, I needed the work.

The story--I still have the sample--was about how to market a gift store. I talked with some interesting folks, Seth Godin for one, still known as a marketing guru.

The publication got sold.

"· Hostingtech Magazine--Alexandria, VA--1/2001--Present"

I wrote four pieces for them before they folded. It was a trade magazine dedicated to Web hosting. The guy who pioneered the publication had been a big wig at a large technology concern.

"· Songwriter's Monthly--Philadelphia, PA--1/1998--7/1999"

I used to write songs, still do really, and wrote a couple or three articles for this pub. One was a Q&A with a songwriter friend of mine, who is getting ever closer to getting his songs recorded.

Where do you want to go back in time to today?

Best,
David Geer - your on time technology writer!
Geer Communications