After reading Art and Money, I believe, I have the expertise and knowledge to become a successful artist online in a very short period of time. If you would like to follow along, I recommended you get yourself a copy of Art and Money by Zoe Westhof and Chris Guillebeau. Chapter One lays the ground work. It talks about the old way of becoming an artist toiling strugling hoping that some day some one -- a wealthy patron would discover your work. Sure It can probably still be done that way but the Internet changes all of that allowing a new dynamic to unfold.

I will work on this during primetime hours after my day job, on days when I am not helpingout with the Grandchildren. I read the book over the weekend and I have listened to most of the interviews during my commute. It's amazing to hear the artist talk about how they use the Internet and work with it as if it were an extension of their art. Not really marketing but just continuing on with their work, discussing what is important to them and developing a following just by being genuine. More on this in the days ahead.

The second chapter starts to put you to work . There is a great goal setting exercise. The book recommends sitting down with a pen and paper and writing dow all the reasons why this is the right decision for you and your career. Lets do that now. Here is my list:

• Fame and Fortune
• Get my work out to the public
• Can bring my work directly to the market
• Put me in a position to produce more
  • Develop a distinctive body of work
• Make a sale
• Support my family
  
• Work for myself
• Full Artistic Freedom
• Learn From Others
• Teach Others
• Build a an easy duplicatable method for artist worldwide

I am on a contract with a company in Carlsbad.  My title is Marketing Data Analyst.  I am doing data mining, and parsing with PERL, and I  building an awsome Workflow Tool (Flash, FLEX, AS 3) for the Sales Team.

Hire me, I am on time and do whatever it takes to complete my assignments on time. My experience as a programmer has been at small companies with one or two man teams.  So I am self managed and do not require a lot of supervision.  You tell me what want to accomplish and I will get it done.   I do not need a lot of team interaction to get the job done, but worked well in teams in the past (US Navy).

If you have think you have a project , or job for me, this is what you can expect.  I will review the project and any deadlines you are considering.  If I believe I can complete your project, I will submit a proposal.  If I think you would be better off with someone else on the project, I will let you know.  Frankly, I know the type of projects I will do well with and prefer to pass on jobs that may be out of my league.  My proposals always include details on the task, start date, end date and total cost of project.  

I am busy and ocassionaly work with a small group of talented designers and programmers. If I am going to need outside resources to help me complete your project, you will be the first to know, so there are no suprises. 

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I have over 11 years experience writing code for various web based projects. I am equally comfortable in Windows, MAC OS X and Linux. The following is a summary of my skill set:

➢    10+ years experience in Linux environments.

➢    6+ years PHP experience

➢    Over 11 years experience writing Perl scripts

➢    5 years MySQL, 2 Years MSSQL, 1 year Informix, 1 year PL/SQL

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