Why should you heed our advice regarding web hosting, domains, html editors, ftp clients, and other tools and services related to websites and web promotion?  Perhaps a better question might be why should you heed a webmaster’s advice?  If you’ve noticed, many rating sites profess to be rated by “Top Webmasters”.  While a webmaster may be skilled in HTML design it does not correlate that he knows much about internet technologies.  An understanding of web hosting or other internet technologies depends on much more than skill at HTML.  I will not pretend to be the most knowledgeable person about these topics but I’m not going to try to gain your confidence by a non-descript qualification that tells you nothing of my actual knowledge.  For what it’s worth, here’s an official “about us” bio.

Biography

Name:  Richard E.Leino

Occupation:  LtCol, USMC

Specialty:  Communications and Information Systems

Education:BS, Magna Cum Laude, Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1990
 MS with Distinction, Electrical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, 1996
Master, Military Studies, Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2004

Background:  I started programming computers in 1982 on the TRS-80 Model 1 and taught myself Pascal as a senior in High School.  After attending RPI, I was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1990.  Serving as an Artillery Battalion Communication Officer until 1994, I attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA graduating in 1996.  My thesis work led to the awarding of a U.S. patent (US6031879).  Assigned to the Marine Corps Systems Command, I was the lead engineer for the Defense Message System and planned and deployed Microsoft Exchange and Outlook throughout the Marine Corps from 1996 to 1999.  Transferred to Camp Pendleton, CA in 1999, I served as a Battalion Executive Officer and as a Communications Company Commander and deployed with I MEF during Operation Iraqi Freedom I in 2003.  Attending the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, I graduated in June 2004 and served as the course coordinator for the Communications and Information Systems Officer Course in Quantico, VA from 2003-2004 training Officers in the Comm specialty - including training in the design and employment of information systems.  I am currently the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-6, at the 3d Marine Logistics Group, in Okinawa, Japan.

Summary:  Personal, professional and operational experiences with internet technologies provide a unique perspective on the application of technology to solve real world problems.  I’ve deployed and managed a network supporting thousands with e-mail, web, and video applications for months in the harshest environments.  I have not only personally designed and engineered solutions but have managed hundreds with specialized expertise in all areas of communications and information technology.  The goal of this site is to avoid myopic perspectives of specific technologies with details left to others with specific expertise.  Rather this site aims to integrate technologies and tools and distill the information to the layman level.