larryaronson.com

Hi. Welcome to my weblog. I’m a systems engineer who’s been working with computers for 40 years; specializing in distributed, end-user applications; helping people and computers understand each other and work better together.

What I Do

I provide expertise in many areas of Information Technology to help individuals and small organizations get their ideas and businesses online. I design, build and maintain Web sites, applications and services. I write user manuals, proposals, RFPs, system documentation and the occasional book.

So, how’s your Web site looking these days? Does it help you communicate with your customers or does it just sit there like an old brochure in a waiting room?

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Background

I graduated from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, worked a couple of years at IBM in Chicago before moving to New York City and joining the faculty of Columbia University. I worked several years for the computer services division of the Boeing company before starting my own firm, Larry Aronson Associates, doing major software projects for: CBS News, Mobil Oil, M&M Mars and Merrill Lynch.

I’ve been online like forever. I began building Web sites in 1993, wrote the first book on Web publishing, The HTML Manual of Style (ZD Press, 1994,) and taught the first online education courses for Compuserve. I was co-chair of the New York Macintosh Users’ Group’s (NYMUG) Internet SIG in the ’80s and a founder of the World Wide Web Artists’ Consortium (WWWAC) in the ’90s. I’m currently on the board of the New York Software Industries Association (NYSIA) and I’m a founding member of the Social Media Club’s New York City chapter.