{"id":2364,"date":"2013-03-08T10:31:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T15:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/?p=2364"},"modified":"2013-10-18T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T17:36:09","slug":"happy-5th-birthday-to-highedwebtech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/2013\/03\/08\/happy-5th-birthday-to-highedwebtech\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 5th Birthday to HighEdWebTech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2369\" alt=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/dfwn148cvdexl.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"348\" \/>5 years ago this week, I bought this domain and wrote my first post &#8211; one about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/2008\/03\/05\/recording-phone-calls-with-grandcentral\/\">how to record phone calls with GrandCentral<\/a>, which was then just acquired by Google (who would eventually turn it into what is Google Voice today.)<\/p>\n<p>Since March 2008, this site&#8217;s been visited by over half a million people who have read the 318 posts I&#8217;ve written. In that time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/speaking-conferences\/\">I&#8217;ve travelled the world talking to folks<\/a>, I took a new job doing web things at a new University, got promoted to run the creative team here, and started my web consultancy with friends in the US and UK, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gasmark8.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gas Mark 8<\/a>. I&#8217;m even an adjunct professor now. How crazy is that.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes work drags us all down and we&#8217;re all overworked and stressed out, but every once in a while, especially on a day like today, I step back, take stock, and reflect &#8211; something I&#8217;ve learned how to really do at a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Jesuit_institutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jesuit institution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m a lucky guy. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I get to do a creative job every day with an awesome team. I&#8217;ve got a lovely wife and two amazing boys. Sure, my basement floods and it gives me panic attacks, but overall, things are pretty awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading, commenting, twittering me and more over the last five years. Here&#8217;s to five more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 years ago this week, I bought this domain and wrote my first post. 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