Personal Homepage of: David Francis
This is my personal website. It is a place where I write what I want for people who care to read. It’s not private per se, but it is of little use to anyone other than myself, those I care about or those who care about me. You’re more than welcome to read the public parts of the site, but don’t be surprised if you find yourself scratching your head and wondering, “Who cares?”
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So, you want to know about David Francis?
Sunday 13 May, 2007 11:43 pm
About me? Father of two grown boys, husband for 23 years and a small business owner. I'm a web developer and have been since trained in the Air Force in 1995 while serving as Superintendent of Public Affairs. I have many interests and passions ranging from health and fitness to community involvement.
More information about me at www.DavidFrancis.org
Speak of Community
I'm proud to announce that I have started a new company in March 2007 which will
produce and publish a magazine for and about the community. It will focus on the
things to do, places to see and people who make south central Kentucky such a great
place to call home. The past several weeks have been filled with a myriad of tasks
to bring this to pass. We are a month ahead of schedule and have many sponsors who
have agreed to help us bring this from dream to reality.
www.SokyHappenings.com
www.MySpace.com/SokyHappenings
The web development company
I have been a full time webmaster since 1998 and have enjoyed it very much. I have
developed websites for the government, large international church groups and all
points in-between. I use Microsoft Active Server Pages for my programming and host
all my sites on Windows Servers. I never saw myself as the kind of person who could
sit a computer for hours and hours, but web development is so diverse that it holds
my attention. So many things need to be considered, new skills learned and opportunities
explored that I love this line of work.
Soky.net has been the name of my web development company for the past few years but that will soon change as I re-brand the web development side of my business to integrate with a full service advertising, marketing and public relations company. This new company will support the needs of the new magazine as well as accept outside work from select clients.
Travel Too? Yep!
I've been all over this big blue marble serving in the Air Force. A few years ago,
I "encouraged" Carrie to take a job as a travel agent, we ended up opening a local
travel agency shortly thereafter. When that didn't go as planned, we sold our half
to the 'partners' who were in it with us. (Insert novel about
working with partners.)
It didn't take long for us to miss the business. We also had a number of friends ask us to get back in the business so we could book their travel. I created a simple affiliate website and it was good. We even made some money from unknown people clicking on our links. I was "motivated" to take the business more seriously in February and now we are a full service travel agency.
Carried Away Vacations, while entirely legal and viable has been in hobby status since we started it. While I have done everything necessary to make it much more than a hobby, our efforts to bring the magazine to press have prevented us from concentrating on this business. I foresee a renewed interest as the magazine and community portal grow. I think this business will mesh well with our others and we will have several marketing opportunities as well.
Small business passion
I love business, marketing and analysis. I love it so much that I've been blogging
about it for a while. I get long winded, (just look at this about me section as
an example) but I've received awards and national attention so I must be doing something
right.
Saturday 22 Jul, 2006 11:31 am
Hello,
I wrote this introduction for a new forum one morning and thought I should share it with a larger audience... more specifically, you.
I am a web developer by trade and passion, I am also a small business person by the same passion, desire and experience. I publish a local area small business blog at www.soky.biz . In the past two years I've created a service oriented business from scratch, evaluated a large appliance and home theater store for recovery feasibility and consulted with small businesses and marketing agencies as it relates to public affairs, marketing, advertising and web presence.
I was trained in the Air Force way back in 1995 in basic HTML and have grown to specialize in Microsoft Active Server Page web applications and hosted SQL databases. In my 20 years in the service of my country, I've had responsibilities that range the gambit.
Initially trained as a Aircraft Maintenance Crew Chief on the B-52G, I worked my way into a position as supply liaison with only 2 stripes. I've Crew Chiefed the B-52, A-10, F-4, C-130H and C-9. Most recently I've served as a Flying Crew Chief (Flight Engineer) on the C-9A Air Evacuation Aircraft and also distinguished visitor missions. I've been a member of and non-commissioned officer in charge of the Honor Guard as we as Superintendent of Public Affairs for an entire "Wing." I've served as First Sergeant, Public Affairs Representative, Webmaster, Flight Chief, Awards and Decorations coordinator, Family Readiness Superintendent to name a few.
Since my background, experience and current clients include US governmental as well as large faith based organizations, I focus my development on accessibility and usability for not only the visitor, but also for the editorial team. I build custom applications that assist in the presentation of the sites without over complicating the editorial process for the client. I love my work and am currently working on a local networking application. I've been an administrator and moderator of some very active boards/forums and even co-develop a forum application.
I enjoy online communities, social networking and development of new web features and from what I've seen here I'm looking forward to getting to know many of you. I also enjoy fitness and nutrition and will dabble into Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu and Tai Chi starting next month.
My wife Carrie and I have been together since 1982. We have raised our sons David and Jesse the best we can and are now stepping into the next chapter of our lives. We both have an affinity for travel and are happy that we can now travel together.
Company Homepage : http://www.SoKy.net
Small Business & Marketing Blog :
http://www.soky.biz
Personal Blog :
http://blog.davidfrancis.org
Personal Homepage :
http://www.davidfrancis.org (here)
Yahoo Instant messenger: sokywebmaster
Yahoo profile
http://360.yahoo.com/sokywebmaster