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About John David Pressman

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Of the pages I have added to this site since it went live in 2014, the about page has probably been the most frustrating to write. It is a frustration that I have been met with each time I go to revamp the site and each time I have at least somewhat deferred the task to a later self. Part of the frustration is structural: There is a sense in which a well designed personal website should make an about page redundant. The entire site is already about me. Part of the frustration is depersonalization: Someone in the habit of thinking about projects, philosophy, history, fundamental questions and society probably finds themselves boring and infrequently considered. That leaves the about page in an awkward position, it either becomes superficial or too personal. At risk of the latter here is one of several narratives that could compress my life up to this point into a unified theme: I think the first time I interacted with 'open source' or 'hacker culter' was when I was 12 and saw a forum po

About John David Pressman Home Blog Github Twitter About Me Contact To get in touch with me, I can be reached by email at: jd@jdpressman.com If you would like to send me an encrypted message, my PGP key is available here . About The About Page (And Me) Of the pages I have added to this site since it went live in 2014, the about page has probably been the most frustrating to write. It is a frustration that I have been met with each time I go to revamp the site and each time I have at least somewhat deferred the task to a later self. Part of the frustration is structural: There is a sense in whi

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