My Profile - Kin Lane - Social Media Squad

The Social Media Squad was one of my "as I am going to bed thoughts". These are usually thoughts that enter in my head before I am going to bed and I lay there for hours unable to go to sleep.

After spending several hours digesting my daily fill of 200+ blogs I pulled the reports on tags I use and the patterns across what I notice out there in the blogosphere. I really came across some strong patterns in social media marketing that I wanted to explore further.

Something that really helps me pursue an idea is to breathe real life into the project so I take it seriously, and hopefully others will to. So with this in mind I set up 10 web sites and one parent site to encompass them all using the Original Web Solutions architecture. My goal is to help flush out the current state of the social networking market to:

• Establish requirements for better designed and positioned social network platforms.
• Create programs and environments to encourage “pro-users” and developers to creates tools, add-ons, widgets, etc.
• Influence and direct media and industry leader perspectives
• Understand, influence and direct usage of social networking platforms by individuals, businesses and government
  

I am establishing this by building a database to house, develop and evolve research on:

• Social Networking Platforms – Overview, usage, ranking, features, API definition and more.
• Social Networking Tools – Browser add-ons, toolbars, widgets, and mobile interfaces.
• Social Networking Press & Discussions – Blogs, News, Whitepapers and Discussion
• Social Network Case Studies – Personal, Hobbyist, Small Business, Enterprise, Non Profit, and Government / Municipal
• Industry / Sector Reports
  

There are several Social Networking areas I am conducting this research on:

• Wikis
• Social Networking Sites
• Blogs
• Social Bookmarking
• Forums
• Image & Photo Sharing
• Videos Development, Sharing & V-Logging
• Audio & Podcasting
• RSS & XML Syndication
• Widget and Gadgets
• Browser Toolbars & Add-Ons
• QA Sites
• APIs
• Virtual Environments
• Product and Service Reviews
• Product and Service Networks
  

My primary goal is to get past the hype and produce a clear snapshot of the industry and produce case studies and reports across all areas and business sectors for use in social networking application development and really establish what the next steps in social networking are and possibly influence where the industry is going.

Stay tuned for more as I find more time for my research and get other parties involved.

My Profile - Kin Lane - Google Apps

I really feel Google has the best grasp of the Internet and where it is going of all the big Internet companies. They are definitely in danger of falling into the same rut that Microsoft is in currently, however with the right approach I think they can avoid it.

I have recently made the switch to use Google Online Apps for most of my daily operations, this is after 10+ years of dedicated Microsoft Office and other Microsoft tools.

They just work for me! What can I say.

The core applications that I depend on daily are:

• Gmail
• Google Notebook
• Google Reader
• Google Home Page
• Google Calendar
• Google News
• Google Docs
  

Other applications I use but not on a daily basis:

• Adsense
• Analytics
• Googlebase
• Blogger
• Bookmarks
• Orkut
• Picasa
• Web History
  
• Google Maps
• Google Blog Search
• Youtube
  

A couple of core services I am workinPublish Postg into the core architecture of my daily work are:

• GData
• OpenSocial
• Google Code
• Android
  

These are three areas that I think are very "disruptive" and huge potential in what I offer to my clients as well as for how the Internet operates in general. I haveyet to realize the full potential of these areas as well as the rest of the world.

More to come!

My Profile - Resume for Kin Lane

Kin Lane

POB 50411 Eugene, OR 97405
Email: kinlane@gmail.com
Website: www.kinlane.com
Phone: 541.913.2328

Career Objectives

I have been developing databases and web applications for the last 18 years, I am looking to take that experience in design, development, platform development, marketing, search engine optimization and communication and gain traction in the Web 2.0 space.

Though I have been doing more development historically, for the last 2-3 years I have been focusing more on management, marketing & communications, design and overall project management.

My current career objective is to continue polishing my skills as a Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0 / Social Media Consultant and help translate everything 2.0 to average individuals, business owners, nonprofit organizations, and schools.

Technologies Applied

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Social Media Marketing (SMM)
User Interface Design / Documentation / Modeling
.Net / PHP / Ruby / Cold Fusion / Flex
HTML – XHTML – DHTML – Cold Fusion - JavaScript / AJAX
CSS – Photoshop - Macromedia Fireworks
Visual Studio 6.0 / 2003 – Macromedia Dreamweaver – Macromedia Fireworks / Flash
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 / 2005 / MySQL / PostgreSQL
API Development - XML - JSON - REST - SOAP
Active Server Directory Language – Internet Information Server (IIS) – Exchange 2000
Windows 2000 / Windows 2003 Server Platform

Work Experience (Last Five Years)

Palo Alto Software (www.paloalto.com ) – Eugene, OR 97401 9/20/2005 – Present
Original Web Solutions (www.originalwebsolutions.com ) - Eugene, OR 97405 - 1/1/2000 - Present
Gravitate Design Studios (www.gravitatedesign.com ) Vancouver, WA - 7/23/2004 – 7/1/2006
IDX (www.idxmanager.com / www.idxbroker.com ) - Eugene, OR 97401 - 6/1/2004 - 11/01/2004
Vihn.net (www.vihn.net ) - Eugene, OR 97408 8/20/2003 - 6/01/2004

Work Experience (Previous Career)

Tactical Marketing Ventures – Westminster, CO - 09/01/2002 – 12/20/2002
NetCorps (www.netcorps.org ) - Eugene, OR 97401 3/1/1999 - 12/31/2001
Pic Hitz Entertainment (www.pichitz.com) - Medford, OR / San Francisco, CA 2/15/1994 - 06/20/1998
Mt Rose Software - Cave Junction, OR 3/10/1989 - 9/20/1993

Education

You will find a formal education does not exist on my resume. Due to the nature of the job I had while still in high school, I felt I had what I needed to launch my career without continuing on to college. While I hold no degree, I am educated, skilled and experienced in a number of programming languages and have lead several development teams over my 18 year career.

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain

References

Chad Barczak
Previous Manager @ Vihn.net
Current Owner @ IDX Broker
chad@idxbroker.com
http://www.idxbroker.com
541-510-6564

Byron Knapp
Hosting Provider Since 2000
541.953.1886
bhrk@kargo.net

Delray Davis
Current Programmer
541.729.9101
delray@paloalto.com

Andrew Levine
Yellow Emperor
Original Web Solutions Client for 6 years
(541) 485-6664
andy@yellowemperor.com

Top Blogs I Enjoy Daily

Techcrunch - http://www.techcrunch.com/
Read / Write Web - http://www.readwriteweb.com/
Ajaxian - http://ajaxian.com/
Mashable - http://mashable.com/

Personal Interests

Snowboarding, Travelling, Swimming, Hiking, Documenting Local Attractions

My Profile - Kin Lane - References

Here are a few people I have worked with, friends and clients that can tell you a little about me.

Chad Barczak
Previous Manager @ Vihn.net
Current Owner @ IDX Manager / Broker
chad@idxbroker.com
http://www.idxbroker.com
541-510-6564

Andrew Levine
Yellow Emperor
Original Web Solutions Client for 6 years
(541) 485-6664
andy@yellowemperor.com

Byron Knapp
Hosting Provider Since 2000
541.953.1886
bhrk@kargo.net

Delray Davis
Current Programmer
541.729.9101
delray@paloalto.com

Jeff Kast
President & co-founder IDX, Inc.
jeff@idxbroker.com
541-343-3912

Jon Pugh
Former Programmer and Friend
jon@originalwebsolutions.com
626-348-1187

My Profile - Kin Lane - Education

You will find a formal education does not exist on my resume. Due to the nature of the job I had while still in high school, I felt I had what I needed to launch my career without continuing on to college.

I graduated from Illinois Valley High School in Cave Junction, Oregon in 1990. I continued working at Mt Rose Software for a few years until the business was dissolved by the owners for reasons out of my control.

I take pride in my ability to learn whatever is needed to tackle the project I am working on. I spend many hours each week reading programming language and technical manuals to achieve the level of education I feel I need to keep up with the current technologies. I have invested a great deal in my library of reference books so that I have all the information I need right at my fingertips.

In the business world, a great deal of emphasis is put on formal education. While I understand this position, I feel the knowledge I have acquired through experience is far more valuable than a degree.

While I hold no degree, I am educated, skilled and experienced in a number of programming languages. I bring a number of traditional and unique skills to each project I am involved with.

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain

My Profile - Kin Lane - Google Reader OPML File

A huge part of my working day involves gathering information through Google Reader. I currently subscribe to 243 RSS feeds from blogs and other sources.

I read blogs in many different categories from Tech to Real Estate. You can view the OPML File for my Google RSS ReaPublish Postder here.

My Profile - Kin Lane - Bio

I am a web programmer living in Eugene, Oregon with my wife and 2 children.

I began my career as a database application programmer way back in high school and have been at it ever since. For the last 10 years I have been building database driven web-application on primarily the Microsoft platform.

The last few years I have been working to get off the Microsoft Platform and doing work trying to build inroads using Rich Internet Applications and playing with Ruby, PHP, Flex 2.0 and other 3rd party applications that achieve similar goals.

I currently own a web application development company called Original Web Solutions with my wife Ishbel Lane. She pretty much runs the entire company and I stay behind the scenes running the "geeky" stuff.

I also work currently with Palo Alto Software the makers of a desktop business planning software called Business Plan Pro. I am the lead web developer there managing the system that run on the public web sites and internal administration systems.

I am a self-made technology entrepreneur with no formal college education or degree. Everything I have learned I have learned on my own steam and have been either owning my own business and a consultant for most of my adult life.

You will find more detail about me here at my web site http://www.kinlane.com.