jacknewton.net
  • Veek Smile
  • Ron
  • Tim
  • Aly
  • Soft Veek
  • Surfers at Horseneck Beach
  • A soldier returns home from Afghanistan
  • Sleepy
  • American Gothic - Connecticut 2009
  • Giant Olives outside of the Cedar Door in Austin, TX
  • Times Square
  • Mo and Ron
  • Emmett on Horseneck Beach
  • Austin Streaks
  • Austin Night Traffic
  • Aly
  • The Great ACL Toilet Fire
  • Aly At Town Lake
  • Bikers
  • Christmas Bokeh
  • John Bremond House, Austin TX
  • Brettos Wine Bar, Athens Greece
  • Greek Church, Santorini Greece
  • Sunset in the Harbor, Hydra Greece
  • Sunset, Hydra Greece
  • Aegean Sea Islands
  • Beggar on the Streets of Santorini
  • Fishing Nets in Hydra, Greece
  • Pecan Street Festival, Austin TX
  • Pecan Street Festival, Austin TX
  • Poros, Greece

I created this site for a variety of reasons:

  • to showcase some of my photography – I’m no pro, and it doesn’t take long to find someone better than me, but I think I’ve taken some interesting and technically proficient photos over the years. All my photos are licensed under the Creative Commons restrictions, which in essence means they can be used for any purpose as long as I am credited as the photographer, and I retain the right to refuse their usage for purposes with which I don’t agree.
  • as an outlet for my thoughts – the internet is full of such sites now, everyone thinks their thoughts are interesting and unique and worthy of subscription. Well their’s aren’t but mine are! Kidding! I belong to several web communities mostly as outlets for writing or sharing experiences, and I just decided that I need to have a “home base” for things which don’t neatly fit into those other communities.
  • as a way to establish a personal brand – since November of 2008, I’ve been forced into a new professional existence, as a freelancer. Over the years, I’ve developed a lot of skills and experienced almost everything imaginable that can happen to a person in the software/internet world, and those skills are allowing me to freelance very successfully while this economy limps along.

    By creating jacknewton.net partially as a personal brand site, I can discuss my freelance work, talk about new areas I’m exploring, and house my professional resume. Establishing a personal brand is more important than ever in this challenging economic climate. By providing some insight into the work I’m doing, the skills I’m developing, my hope that is that readers will potentially see a good fit for work they’re looking to get some help with, and contact me.

headshot200I’m hopeful that visitors find something interesting on jacknewton.net, be it a photograph or a blog entry or maybe even my professional bio.

If you do happen across this site, please leave me a comment. The only way for communities, even such small ones as jacknewton.net, to survive is by interaction, so I welcome any and all comments.

Thanks for checking the site out.

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