Big changes going on.

If you've visited my site recently you'll have noticed some major changes going on. BobPowell.net is going back to its roots inasmuch as it will no longer provide consulting or tools offerings but will be a place for publishing information such a the FAQ and Tips and Tricks. It's becoming increasingly difficult to separate my need to educate from my need for an income and I don't want my personal site to degenerate into a mish-mash of confusing stuff that people go to for help but that screams "money-money-money!!!" at every turn.

For the commercial side I have a couple of projects in work. WellFormed.net is a site that will shortly be running the Well Formed Magazine and XRayTools.net will be providing tools to developers in a clear-cut and commercial manner. Both of these sites will sponsor BobPowell.net. This will allow me to get on with the business of creating articles and code of the higest quality possible for the FAQ and Tips and Tricks along with whatever else comes along.

Google Adsense is my only concession to online commercialism on that site and I came to a bit of a revalation the other day when I was explaining to my son Robyn, who wants to be a webmaster bye-the-way, that effectively, AdSense makes the hosting cost of the site free! This means that a site such as bobpowell.net can be self sustaining and self justifying without even worrying about the commercial aspect of trying to make a hard-sell every time someone visits the site.

Things will be a little bit up-in-the-air for a while but when they settle down again I hope that the new look and feel coupled with the philosophy of free information will be well received.