About
Welcome to my blog!
My name is Patricia Müller and this blog is about the internet industry/the web, technology, web design and blogging - along with updates on my own online projects and some occasional off topic rants. Even though this blog in particular is new, I’ve been blogging since 2002. I currently run 5 different blogs in 2 languages (2 of them in English and three in Portuguese) - and I’ve already worked with corporate blogging as well.
I was born in Brazil in 1972, where I still currently live. My formal education includes a BA degree in Social Communications - Marketing and Advertising, followed by an MBA, when I specialized in E-Business. I have worked in the Internet industry ever since I graduated from college back in 1995. In the beginning I worked at new media/web development agencies, mainly as a project manager, which gave me a solid background in all the main aspects of web development and management. Later on I decided to work for myself and have been doing that since 2002, but always in the Internet industry.
Because of my educational background and the diversity of skills I developed over the years in the corporate world, I successfully managed to build and run a number of online projects, some of which I still personally run today. I have also been involved in the development of online projects for other people and companies, however, in the past few years, blogs have become my area of expertise and I did a lot of blog designing and consulting. As part of this process - and in partnership with Sadish Balasubramanian - I designed and released a free WordPress theme called Connections, which ended up becoming very popular - so if you got here looking for the theme, here’s where you can download it.
I no longer officially work as a web designer, mainly because I shifted my focus towards my own projects and projects I have in partnership with other people. They take up a lot of my time, so taking client work is very sporadic these days. This only happens when the project is interesting enough and worth it financially wise.
Writing has been a passion of mine ever since I learned how to put two words together to communicate an idea and this is one of the reasons why I love blogging so much. This skill has been a key element throughout my entire career no matter what I happened to be doing. Personally, I’ve written everything from poetry to dissertations, took part in writing competitions and won some awards. Being that Portuguese is my first language, I’m obviously much better at writing in Portuguese than in English, but I strive to improve my writing skills in both languages on a daily basis. I have been responsible for writing the content of entire websites, I’ve written articles for companies and currently I write articles for my own projects and third parties as well, whether as contributor or as a freelancer.
I run a couple of online communities, one of them being the biggest community in Brazil for chinchilla owners (Chinchila Online). It started as an educational website about chinchillas as pets and responsible pet ownership, but grew to become a reference in the subject (in Brazil). The community followed as a natural development. I’ve been running this community and the website since 1998 and it’s one of my most successful projects. This gave me a lot of experience in online community building and managing.
I am interested in collaborating and/or partnering in other online initiatives, so feel free to get in touch if you have a project that could benefit from the skills I have to offer.
Here are some of the other places where you can find me online:
- Twitter: @patriciamuller (in English)/@pattymuller (in Portuguese)
- Flickr
- Orkut
- Technorati
- MyBloglog
(credit: photo by Beto Riginik)
12 responses so far
hi, i´m see your blog and i begin of the blog world and i very like of use the blog in my site and no in the wordpress.
You can help me how i can make to do?
Tks
MacPed
Hi Patricia,
I came across your website and your blog, I found both of them interesting and appealing.
Infact I was also toying with an idea of setting up a website and a blog for myself and thats how I ended up starting http://www.rohitgambhir.com
If you want to be connected with me add me as connection in LinkedIn http://www.linkedIN.com/in/rohitgambhir
Thanks
Rohit
Wow, six blogs going? I feel like a total slacker now — I don’t even really keep one up, though it’s mostly because I can never completely make up my mind as to what I really want to blog about. I suppose I could take the route of putting up several, but then that leaves me with my earlier statement — I’m a bit of a slacker. And I’m certainly not capable of keeping a blog up in a language other than English, though I imagine it would do wonders for my French or Russian if I would. And though this site hasn’t yet been developed, I would imagine, based on reading your others, and seeing the design you’ve already got started, that this will be worth reading as well. Have you given any thought yet to what your focus will be?
I think you’re a genius! I have two blogs right now but with my two jobs I hardly have time to update my blogs. How do you maintain a steady flow of ideas for you blogs? Where do you get the inspiration?
I’m very particular with originality. So, I always make sure that I’d rather write nothing than copy and paste.
My wife’s name is also patricia muller and she lives in south africa
Patricia … First off ‘Thank You’ for your part in designing ‘Connections’, I’ve used it for many blog design starters. Great design on both your and Sadish’s account!
But the main reason for this comment comes from the final word in your ‘bio’: synesthete.
I was remotely familiar with the word - I could remember hearing of it - but was not at all totally sure of it’s meaning. I took the link to Wikipedia and read it. Amazing!
I have known a couple of people who are also synesthetic - but who didn’t refer to themselves with that word. They called themselves ‘color sensitive’. So, I guess they were.
Neither were artists. One was a math whiz and the other was a physicist.
For me, MATH is a 4-letter word! You know, in the category of the 4-letter words mom said ‘never to say’! “. ) As for physics, I understand the principles and theory, but forget the proofing: that’s, again, MATH! “. )
I worked with both of these people while working at the University of Kentucky (in the ’70s). Both were very accomplished professors in their fields. After reading about Synesthesia, I am not surprised! Truly amazing.
If it’s not too prying, I would be very interested in hearing as to how your synesthesia helps you … or not.
Thank you again for your efforts on Connections and best of success (continued!) on your professional efforts…
les
PS… for a note of interest, I ‘happend upon’ your bio while working on the transfer of a blog (one of many!) using the Free WordPress ’souped up version’ of 1.0 Connections, called, Beyond The Ripples, to a Hosted WordPress account w/regular Connections 1.0; I was hoping V2 was ready.. ?? The tag line for Beyond The Ripples is, “… serendipitous encounters from eclectic online journeys.” Once again BTR uncovers, totally by chance, another fascinating piece of information. “. )
hello, u r already famous. i don quite know if this will reach u.
i was surfing by with a project if mine.. i was learning from http://www.blindhog.net; normally i wouldnt have followed an external link. but this time, the vanilla theme was very compelling and i decided to check out the creator… i was expecting somekinda company or something… atleast an independent “guy”. You have really made me think twice… and a point for my new blog : bravingallodds.wordpress.com.
Even i luv to make frnds.. i am very impressed by the “freedom of heart” u express. It takes guts to follow ur heart these days. I have just graduated from coll.. preparing for the bigbadworld.. keep in touch. I have sent an orkut invite.
greetings from the bunker
I love your design for wordpress, it’s is the only use that because I find it very comfortable
congratulations
and forgive my poor English; because this is not my strong
Happy New Year!
Wow, that’s funny! I was looking for the weblogtoolscollection link earlier this morning but didn’t find it in my bookmarks.
Afterwards I browsed through wordpress.org’s themes galery and somehow managed to get to your side - and guess what? I found the link to the weblogtoolscollection in your blogroll.
That’s a funny issue at least to me.
Have a nice day and greetings from Germany,
René
Hi Patricia!
I came across your websites trough a link and I am só impressed by your work! And so happy that I can learn so much from you, just by surfing your blogs. I think it is wonderful what you do, everything just looks very professional but not at all stand-offish
Keep up the great work! Best wishes, x Martine
Hi there,
Interesting, I`ll quote it on my site later.
Thanks
GlenStef