The Perfect Server – Ubuntu 10.04 [ISPConfig 3]
In order to begin my development career and have a platform from which to publish to the web, I decided that I wanted my own server. I’m not talking about a paid web hosting plan, I mean renting an actual physical machine, from which I can configure to publish my works, and to use as a development server. This tutorial sets out step by step how this can be achieved using a machine running Ubuntu 10.04.
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-10.04-lucid-lynx-ispconfig-3
Author: Falko Timme
I found this tutorial extremely informative and useful for configuring my server, and I hope it helps you to do the same thing!
My Digital Footprint.
Considering how social media is booming at the moment, is it any wonder that our actions on the internet leave an ever lasting finger print? I once heard someone say, “Once you put it on the web, it stays on the web”. This statement couldn’t be any more true. We now live in a digital age, where our lives can be pieced together from things that we post online. But what about me? What about my digital finger print?
I am an aspiring web developer, and as such my digital fingerprint is something that will no doubt be looked at by potential employers or maybe even clients. Right now, there isn’t a great deal of things that link to me when going a simple google search of my name. Here’s the results of said search:
In terms of personal links, there really isn’t that much. This poses a problem since I aspire to be a web developer. I need to be easily findable and to sell myself as a professional to any users that come looking. Right now there’s only my old Myspace account and my twitter account that appear in the above search results. I need to set myself apart from the other Dan Ashurst’s of the world, and become the top of this list with all my online presence.
A great way in which i can achieve this, is to have my own website and blog. In my opinion it’s somewhat of a prerequisite of being a web developer, in order to interact with other like minded people, and to be able to share knowledge. My current use of social media is just that. Social. I need to establish a more professional appearance on the web, and one way in which I will do this, will be to use this blog as well as my twitter account, to post items of specific interest to my field. In doing this, I hope to be able to come back at a later date and do the same google search, to find my blog right there at the top along with other relevent links to my digital life. I believe that with enough effort, this can be achieved.
