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 (1)
ARMorty
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh. Even the original charachter would have take fright had he see his Alter-ego in real life. Good montage, son. Can see you being called back for many more shoots. I wonder what Andrew's mates in Oz would think, if they could have seen him last night.