My Expertise

A lot of blogs I read often have authors that are experts about something or at least very vocal about one topic more than others. The advantage of that is that if you are knowledgeable about something and good at communicating it to others, you get a readership interested in what you have to say.

I'm not really an expert on anything outside of a certain hobby of mine that is not welcome in this blog, so I find my posts tend to be all over the place. Some political, some introspective, some journal entries. In essence this is a reflection of me: I tend not to be an expert on things but I do have some cursory knowledge of many things.

However, there are some things I can claim to be proficient enough in to qualify as a veteran. With great fanfare I present my Areas of Expertise.

1) Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - Its my job and I know it very well. Not guru status mind you, but definitely better than your average joe.

2) ASP Webpages - My old job was as an internet developer so I know VBScript well and a little Javascript. I've done a few projects using ASP and I still have side projects using the code once in a while. Can't do interface design worth crap, but I can take someone else's template and make it suit my needs. The Obsidian Tempest html was originally a Blogspot template that I modified myself for example.

3) Eastern Ontario - Expert in certain areas where I lived like Leeds and Grenville counties, Lanark county, and various parts of Ottawa. Especially familiar with the roadways as I have done lots of driving in my time.

4) Living through Alcohol Addictions - Members of my family have been and are alcoholics. I'm working on a post about the subjection later this winter, but suffice to say I feel I have experienced enough to speak with some conviction on the subject.

So if you are looking for an expert on those subjects, I'm your guy.

Computer Update: My work computer continues to languish in limbo. Glenn is supposed to get a new power supply to try and boot it up and see if it survived. I'll keep you posted.