I don't really know what to write here that won't sound a little old, stupid or cliche'd. I'm just me, without any pretenses of being something I'm not.
People can accept me as I am or judge what they see but at the end of the day I don't have the time or energy to waste of worrying about what people think I should or shouldn't be like.BIOMy name is Timothy Morty, a 20-something IT jack-of-all-trades, master of some. I have, in the last few years, been student and lecturer at Natal Technikon where I earned my National Diploma in Information Technology (1994-1997), been a webmaster and lecturer for a small e-commerce inclined company, a support technician and later a system administrator, a cabling technician, a web design consultant to De Beers Marine, a web designer, 2D/3D designer and whatever else the powers that be have needed me to do.
It's been a bit of a mindset shift moving about within the industry, though I feel I've not done too badly for someone whose skills, according to that little piece of paper I got from Natal Tech, states that I can only do basic programming in C/C++, Cobol, RPG/400, Natural Adabas, Informix SQL and Pascal. Oh and best not forget the little bit of Assembler. I can't say that the Commercial Law and Business Management classes were much help either... though the Systems Analysis and Design classes were good background for the web design lifecycle.
Since then I've taught myself HTML, Javascript and main inroads into VBScript, XML and ASP. I've also begun fiddling with DHTML, Perl and a little CSS. I've discovered a love for all things 3D, through Metacreations' (and now Corel's) Bryce in which I do most of my 3d creations, and in photo manipulation through Adobe Photoshop. Recently I've had a little exposure to Macromedia's Freehand and Dreamweaver. So far, I like what I see.
I've also pretty much mastered Microsoft's Windows NT technology family, from Server and Workstation 4 to 2000, to Exchange 5.5 and IIS Server. I've also done fairly well by Red Hat Linux, straying only a little from my Tech Unix development days.
I've also ventured down another path, sometimes viewed with distrust... and it can be dangerous, yet also fun. Computer security, previously only the realm of die-hard Unix hackers, has more and more sys-admins learning to protect their networks from malicious users and outside intruders. I'm no hacker, though I've been referred to as one, nor a cracker; but I do try make sure that my network is stable and secure and try to advise clients on their security where it is needed.
I've also done some technical writing in the form of course-material writing, tutorial documentation and the likes, though nothing that has yet made it to print in any form other than electronic, or as my old training manuals I taught from when I was lecturing. More often I use the same skills in web content creation, taking the text provided to me by a client and fleshing it out for them, making it more readable and user-friendly, or making it more technical, depending on the requirements.
And finally, as I think all IT staff eventually experience in some form or another by association with all things electronic, I've been support technician for everything from PC's to printers, phone cabling to cellphones, software installations to virus scares, Microsoft unofficial support line and general consultant for everything that beeps, flashes, whirrs or ejects. It's amusing how sometimes absolute strangers will stop you, in the bar, in the street, anywhere, and explain to you their myriad variety of problems... all because today you decided to wear your "techie" hat. I've even had a lady become somewhat irate with me because I could not fix her cracked cellphone display while sitting down to a cold one at a restaurant... comments along the lines of "But I thought you IT guys could fix anything?"
I'm not all that active on R'osity anymore. I've started an account for myself at DeviantArt.com. I prefer the functionality of the site and to be honest, the community is a far more responsive one.
I'm not abandoning my R'osity account. Just not that concerned with keeping it up to date anymore.
Comments (7)
tetsuo211
Cool :)
PeeWee05
Really good thoughts behind this post! Well done!
sargebear
it won't be that long before we do have bar codes on our bodies - no more need for Social Security cards or medical records, or need for anything you can think of, including emptying your mind. All that's necessary is a scan and erase - and all memory is gone. When this day comes, I hope I am dead. Did you know that Big Brother has an all seeing eye? the eye from the back of the $1 bill. We won't need credit checks or debit cards - Medrought has given us something to think about - will your child or grandchildren be bar coded? Something to think about.
ire
That hits important ethic questions. Will we ever accept that perfection isnt a category of reality, or will we just buy biomechanical substitutes for what we cant work out of our natural given physical form? Where is the line between the "cure" for a handicap and unnecessary improvement? What can we control of ourselfs, when others control the production of our body parts and even our nervous system? When money can buy the storage of existence, immortallity,than the division between rich and poor is complete and total. For the first there is everlasting existance, for the others a short live, given and dependent from the will of the former. Das trifft wichtige ethische Fragen. Werden wir jemals die Unvollkommenheit der menschlichen Existenz akzeptieren, oder uns einfach kstliche Erweiterungen zum Ersatz der Schwhen unserer natlichen Form zulegen? Wo beginnt die Grenze zwischen der Heilung natlicher Behinderungen und an sich unnzer kstlicher Hochzhtung. Was knen wir von uns kontrollieren wenn andere die Produktion unserer "Ersatzteile" und sogar unseres Nervensystems kontrollieren? Wenn Geld die Speicherung der Existenz, die Unsterblichkeit kaufen kann, dann ist die Trennung zwischen Arm und Reich f alle Zeiten vollendet und unerwindbar. Very well done and interesting image.
Isoline
Hmmm...Yes the weight of the decision seems very present here. Its as if she is tryig to embrace a new life, but the ghost of the past one still lingers, hovering in the borderland between peripheral and hindsight. I love how you took the initative to take the plight of the future upon yourself. As if you would be a Neo Atlas bearing a world of startling possiblities on your shoulders. Will we ever be able to evolve in such a way? Can we truely fashion better lives in this manner by shunning the flesh and blood? Do we deserve this advancement and is it really an advancement at all? Perhaps only time will be our mentor in these persuits and hopefully we can safely and wisely answer these questions before the sun sets on humanity.
drace68
Ah-hah! The barcode is on her thigh. Good placement; readily found. But look at her: lithe, modest bust, almost flat-footed, and a neck of strength. If only I could take her with me to that hidden valley on the Kaiparowits Plateau in-- Oh-oh, best not say more. You've posed a provoking question.
ARMorty
While I am still learning layers in Ps, the programs you are using sound like Greek to me. But good for you son, the results are stunning. Time to move on now Tim, bet there is a huge demand outthere for your stuff. Something to think about, not so.