The site was launched on August 17, 2013 by me, Anne Giles.
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I am writing specifically about my professional life in the Bio category. While much of the content of this site is personal, I am writing specifically about my
For a year after the site’s launch, I wrote specifically about my professional life in the Bio category and wrote about my personal life in Autobiography.
Technology
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The logo was designed in 1999 by J. Michael Groff and given an update in 2013 by Nancy Brauer.
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