A long journey

When I started making my first personal website, it had all the required elements, passion, excitement for the medium, a nearly obsessive curiosity about how things were created online, and lots and lots of animated gifs. Nearly a dozen years, and probably at least twice that many personal sites later, Alt Text is still made with my same passion, excitement, and curiosity, though there are certainly fewer animated gifs in use.

I actually didn't realize I was "blogging" back in early 1997 when I started to write a nearly daily commentary on the people and things with which I would come into contact. To be fair the term wasn't even around. But I did know that I wanted to write a sort of diary that was at the same time personal and public. The elements of expression, creativity, and my own brand of (dull) wit and humor have always been a part of Alt Text I hope that they it always will, but who knows where this crazy ride will end.

About the author

My name is Ben Edwards and I live just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota with my wife, Jena and our dogs Sadie and Barkley. I work as a designer with a local company which focuses on solutions for Human Resource professionals and companies looking to improve their workforce. I'm also part of the team over at refactr where I wax philosophical on the merits of the agile process and how it can best be applied to software design and business processes. I am actively involved in the Twin Cities design and technology communities, and organize and produce a collaborative (un)conference called minnebar. I am highly entrepreneurial and am always looking for great ideas and interesting projects. Check out my LinkedIn profile.