This site was generated in 2005, and my original inspiration for creating a webpage came from my curiosity with the Internet. Version 1.0 of this website was developed as a digital portfolio for all the creative work I had done to that point. As my technical knowledge of the web improved and as I was exposed to the interactive qualities of cyberspace, I started to adopt these applications to my website with the goal to make the webpage more dynamic.

As I started to create new versions of my website, my thought processes morphed. I would consider how the website was viewed by users (for example the graphic elements of the page), how a user could move throughout the website (for example the site navigation and layout), and how my website could be found in cyberspace. It was these questions that helped me transform my stagnant website into an interactive digital identity that has achieved a global audience. The biggest factor in my digital identities success was the incorporation of blogging technology. The addition of a blog allows me, and also motivates me, to continually provide new user-generated content. The continual addition of user-generated content helps my digital identity to achieve a greater presence in cyberspace. As a result of continually adding user-generated content, I have noticed an increase in web traffic to my website.

It was the development of my website, in addition to my increased participation in social networking sites, which got me thinking about digital identity and how users represent themselves in cyberspace. The representation is a performance of self that the user dictates in any way they see fit. As a result, there is a creation of unique identities that reflect the user’s ideas and the influence from cyberspace.

The digital identity that is currently represented is version 4.0. As my knowledge and ability of the web platform increases, my desire to redesign, or reconstruct, my digital identity intensifies. The performance of my digital identity changes and adapts to that of my real-world identity. The digital identity is deconstructed and then reconstructed to represent a digital identity that I choose to perform.