Welcome

This is my professional website, with personal information available under the Cottage and Personal tabs.. I'm a semi-retired management and systems consultant. For years, I maintained a simple personal website, coding everything in html. In my work with a number of different organizations, I recommended using a Content Management System. The result has generally been positive - technology is removed as the reason why the site is not maintained. People still need to develop or modify the information on the site, but technology is no longer a (major) problem.

My own website continued much as it had begun. But then I started to run into hard limits from the hosting service I was using. I was driven to consider alternatives. Thus motivated, I looked for a Content Management System to use on my personal website. After cycling a number of times, I decided to go with the Drupal open source CMS. I have been favorably impressed with the package. I get a solid platform, with many free add-on modules, and fine control over site details.

I have partially moved my old site content to live under Drupal. Most of the old content has not been changed, but is to accessible through the Drupal front-end. I plan to take advantage of the capabilities now available to me under this CMS. There are a large number of interesting free modules that can be installed using the capablities that come with the Drupal platform. I will be selectively installing the ones that most interest me. I invite comments, suggestions, and criticisms for visitors.

I have added a CAPTCHA test to registration - there are just too many automatic spiders that tirelessly search for sites at which they can register. I intend to be relatively open about allowing people to register, but may ask a question or two if I don't recognize your name or email address. I don't expect a cast of thousands, but welcome everyone with a legitimate interest in the topics covered here.

Robert Fabian - email
2007.07.07