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Confessions of a Web Professional Part 2 – Don’t be Afraid of Change.

Posted on by Robinette Kelly

One of my favorite YouTubers, Casey Neistat posted a video this week that resonated with me. Casey was talking about change and how it can affect us. While Casey was discussing the change coming about in his family, what he said at the end of his video hit me like a ton of bricks.

“While it’s natural to be scared of change, you should never let that fear keeping you from making changes.”
Casey Neistat

Over the past year, I have gone through a tremendous amount of change in my professional life. After working as the Webmaster for UT Tyler for almost 18 years, my time at the university is coming to an end in a few weeks.

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Confessions of a Web Professional-Where it All Began.

Posted on by Robinette Kelly

I have decided to begin my new blog with a series called, “Confessions of a Web Professional”. In this series, I will discuss my life as a web professional, how I became obsessed with search engine optimization and how working in the field of higher education has transformed my life.

I hope you find these posts entertaining. I would love to hear about your introduction to the World Wide Web and your thoughts on the Digital Marketing industry. It would really mean a lot to me if you shared this post. Let’s keep the conversation going, drop a comment below.

Part 1 – The Information Super Highway

I am in my 25th year as a Web professional and over the years I have worn many hats. But for the majority of my career, my official my title has been Webmaster. Those of us in the industry know this is a catch-all title. I am not complaining, I have been given the opportunity to learn a tremendous amount of information which has propelled my career into all sorts of amazing directions.

Today, however, I want to start from the beginning. When did I first discover the internet? What compelled me to start a career in the internet business? How did I decide to learn HTML?

Let’s go back to 1994, the year I discovered the “Information Highway”.

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