Yes, and I have been surprised by at least one who told me that I needed to blog more often. We have very little interaction since graduate school.
I have been running the same website, which has undergone several redesigns, for 25 years and counting.
It is also interesting about having a personal domain name. People pause when you give the email. No, I really did mean first@lastname.com. Yes, I've had this for decades. My sister tells a different variant, she at least once had someone comment on it and then stand up straight - which she interpreted as being a little impressed as if my sister was a celebrity or something. Very interesting in a world where most people do not have a domain with their family name.
The challenge for me has been that over time it morphed from a personal site, to a professional site, to a corporate site. Now that I have employees and this work supports my family I have less freedom to do just anything I want with it. It has to be on topic. That constraint does also bring freedom in its own way. I do not have a good place for personal interests that are not related to my cybersecurity work any longer though.
I have been running the same website, which has undergone several redesigns, for 25 years and counting.
It is also interesting about having a personal domain name. People pause when you give the email. No, I really did mean first@lastname.com. Yes, I've had this for decades. My sister tells a different variant, she at least once had someone comment on it and then stand up straight - which she interpreted as being a little impressed as if my sister was a celebrity or something. Very interesting in a world where most people do not have a domain with their family name.
The challenge for me has been that over time it morphed from a personal site, to a professional site, to a corporate site. Now that I have employees and this work supports my family I have less freedom to do just anything I want with it. It has to be on topic. That constraint does also bring freedom in its own way. I do not have a good place for personal interests that are not related to my cybersecurity work any longer though.