chore: update bio

lpm0073 · Dec 16, 2024 · 416f2c8 · 416f2c8
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -112,5 +112,18 @@
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/lpm0073/lawrencemcdaniel.com.git"
   },
+  "keywords": [
+    "personal",
+    "website",
+    "Lawrence McDaniel",
+    "portfolio"
+  ],
+  "contributors": [
+    {
+      "name": "Lawrence McDaniel",
+      "email": "[email protected]",
+      "url": "https://lawrencemcdaniel.com"
+    }
+  ],
   "packageManager": "[email protected]+sha512.a6b2f7906b721bba3d67d4aff083df04dad64c399707841b7acf00f6b133b7ac24255f2652fa22ae3534329dc6180534e98d17432037ff6fd140556e2bb3137e"
 }
diff --git a/src/components/linkedinBadge/Component.js b/src/components/linkedinBadge/Component.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export const LinkedinBadge = () => {
             <div className="LI-img-wrapper">
               <img
                 className="LI-profile-pic"
-                src="https://cdn.lawrencemcdaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/15213432/linkedin-profile-pic.jpeg"
+                src="https://cdn.lawrencemcdaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/16192734/linkedin-profile-pic.jpeg"
                 alt="Lawrence McDaniel"
                 loading="lazy"
               />

diff --git a/src/pages/about/Component.js b/src/pages/about/Component.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux'
 import { bindActionCreators } from 'redux'
 import * as Actions from '../../redux/ActionCreators'
 
-import { Media } from 'reactstrap'
 import RenderPageTitle from '../../components/pagetitle/pageTitleComponent'
 import { LinkedinBadge } from '../../components/linkedinBadge/Component'
 import AboutTile from './tileComponent'
@@ -78,9 +77,30 @@ class About extends Component {
                 </h4>
                 <div className="text-justify">
                   <p>
-                    I’m an enthusiastic lifelong <a href="/education">learner</a>, a{' '}
-                    <a href="data-science">data scientist</a> and a full stack developer.
-                    I teach{' '}
+                    I am the Chief Technology Officer of{' '}
+                    <a
+                      href="https://www.querium.com/"
+                      target="_blank"
+                      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                    >
+                      Querium Corporation
+                    </a>
+                    , an edtech company specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Cloud
+                    Computing for educational institutions. I’m an enthusiastic lifelong{' '}
+                    <a href="/education">learner</a>, a{' '}
+                    <a href="data-science">data scientist</a>, a full stack developer and
+                    a{' '}
+                    <a
+                      href="https://photography.lawrencemcdaniel.com/"
+                      target="_blank"
+                      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                    >
+                      photography enthusiast
+                    </a>{' '}
+                    .
+                  </p>
+                  <p>
+                    I also teach{' '}
                     <a
                       href="https://extendedlearning.ubc.ca/courses/cloud-technology-infrastructure-strategy/mg102"
                       target="_blank"
@@ -99,13 +119,50 @@ class About extends Component {
                     at{' '}
                     <a href="https://extendedlearning.ubc.ca/about-us/our-instructors/lawrence-mcdaniel">
                       University of British Columbia
-                    </a>
-                    , and I publish{' '}
+                    </a>{' '}
+                    and I publish{' '}
                     <a href="https://blog.lawrencemcdaniel.com/">articles</a> and{' '}
                     <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@FullStackWithLawrence">videos</a> on
-                    a variety of technology topics. I am a veteran of multiple startups
-                    and early-stage ventures with dozens of successful product launches
-                    and one NASDAQ IPO under my belt. I advocate for{' '}
+                    a variety of technology topics. In 2024 I authored{' '}
+                    <a
+                      href="https://smarter.sh"
+                      target="_blank"
+                      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                    >
+                      Smarter
+                    </a>{' '}
+                    , an instructional web platform for teaching generative AI to
+                    non-programmers. The previous year I authored and am the principal
+                    maintainer of{' '}
+                    <a
+                      href="https://blog.lawrencemcdaniel.com/introducing-cookiecutter-open-edx/"
+                      target="_blank"
+                      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                    >
+                      openedx-actions
+                    </a>
+                    , an open source set of CI-CD tools for managing{' '}
+                    <a
+                      href="https://openedx.org/"
+                      target="_blank"
+                      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                    >
+                      Open edX
+                    </a>{' '}
+                    platforms at scale on{' '}
+                    <a
+                      href="https://kubernetes.io/"
+                      target="_blank"
+                      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                    >
+                      Kubernetes
+                    </a>
+                    .
+                  </p>
+                  <p>
+                    I am a veteran of the hedge fund industry and multiple startups and
+                    early-stage ventures with dozens of successful product launches and
+                    one NASDAQ IPO under my belt. I advocate for{' '}
                     <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source">open source</a>,
                     try to keep things{' '}
                     <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_repeat_yourself">
@@ -115,22 +172,12 @@ class About extends Component {
                     <a href="https://12factor.net/">12-factor</a> development.
                   </p>
                   <p>
-                    I`&apos;`ve lived abroad for {years_living_abroad} of the last{' '}
+                    I&apos;ve lived abroad for {years_living_abroad} of the last{' '}
                     {years_traveling} years in Mexico, Western Europe and SE Asia. Prior
                     to that I earned a B.S. from University of North Texas with majors in
                     Computer Science and Mathematics and minors in Physics and English.
                   </p>
                 </div>
-                <div className="hide-medium">
-                  <Media left middle>
-                    <Media
-                      object
-                      src="https://cdn.lawrencemcdaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lawrence-signature.png"
-                      alt="lawrence-signature"
-                      className="about-signature"
-                    />
-                  </Media>
-                </div>
               </div>
             </div>
             <div className="column-3 col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12 p-3">

diff --git a/src/pages/bio/Component.js b/src/pages/bio/Component.js
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ const Bio = (props) => {
                 25 years of international experience with an emphasis on technology and
                 US-Mexico trade. He has extensive startup, fund raising, business
                 development and M&amp;A experience with alternative investment and
-                disruptive FinTech, edTech and IoT ventures. He is a mentor at{' '}
+                disruptive FinTech, edTech and IoT ventures. He has mentored at{' '}
                 <a href="http://www.startupmexico.com/">Startup Mexico</a> and{' '}
                 <a href="http://angelventures.vc/">Angel Ventures</a> in Mexico City, and
-                sits on the boards of <a href="http://edmex.org/">edMex</a> and{' '}
+                sat on the boards of <a href="http://edmex.org/">edMex</a> and{' '}
                 <a href="http://m-arca.org/">M-Arca</a> Foundation.
               </p>
               <p>

diff --git a/src/pages/home/Component.js b/src/pages/home/Component.js
@@ -70,11 +70,18 @@ class Home extends Component {
                 <LogoCube />
               </div>
             </div>
-            <div className="row mt-5 text-center hide-medium">
+            <div className="row mt-5 text-center justify-content-center hide-medium">
               <JobTitle idx="1" href="/skills" title={baseTitle} />
               <OpenedxConsultant />
               <JobTitle idx="3" href="/data-science" title="Data Scientist" />
             </div>
+            <div className="row mt-5 text-center justify-content-center hide-medium">
+              <JobTitle
+                idx="4"
+                href="https://photography.lawrencemcdaniel.com/"
+                title="Photographer"
+              />
+            </div>
           </div>
         </div>
       </React.Fragment>

diff --git a/src/pages/home/styles.css b/src/pages/home/styles.css
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@
 
 .job-title h2 {
   color: #999;
-  height: 30px;
+  height: 50px;
   vertical-align: text-bottom !important;
   font-weight: 100 !important;
   font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
   font-size: large;
+  border-top: dashed 0.25px #999;
   border-bottom: dashed 0.25px #999;
+  padding-top: 15px;
+  padding-bottom: 15px;
 }
 .job-title h2:hover {
   color: lightgray !important;