Continuing my trek through friends’ sites, I’ll again visit one of the older sites out there.
I met Jim through work at Intuit. He and I shared a similar work ethic and also both enjoyed getting to know rock climbing a little better. He and I, along with several other Intuit folks, would head up to the mountains on a pretty regular basis trying out different climbing routes and destinations. There were several trips to Yosemite, Fresno Dome and even a few great trips down to Joshua Tree
Jim had registered the JimSauer domain early in the days of the internet, and when I first met him the site was unmaintained and used primarily for the email address. Since then, Jim has spent a good amount of time overhauling the site into a bit of a blog type interface though he built the site and its publishing capabilities from scratch.
It remains his personal site, updated with select events from his day-to-day life including some photos and interesting anecdotes about what he’s been up to. This site probably won’t be of interest to too many, but I check in from time to time since he and I don’t manage to keep up with each other as much these days. I’d love to blame the fact that he’s moved to Tucson, but I know that’s not the case. Even prior to the move we weren’t spending as much time together. It’s a combination of no longer working together, me no longer climbing, and us living 40 miles away.
But that’s not completely it. I also feel that there’s a level of difficulty (that I feel anyway) of day-to-day living and trying to keep up with so many folks from over the years. I don’t know how unique I am in that regard or whether this is just a symptom of modern living – people living farther apart and creating larger and larger networks of people.
I think this at least partially explains the success of sites like FaceBook or LinkedIn. These sites would be unnecessary in a world in which people lived in the towns in which they grew up and worked in jobs that they maintain for 20 years.
Hey Christian,
I'm just here shopping for some photos of old trips, and I ran across this post. And I must say, I really enjoyed reading that you and Jim “shared a similar work ethic.” What a very… well considered choice of words.
I know what you mean about it being hard to keep up with all your fabulous and far-flung friends. Miss you!
Hey Christian,
I'm just here shopping for some photos of old trips, and I ran across this post. And I must say, I really enjoyed reading that you and Jim “shared a similar work ethic.” What a very… well considered choice of words.
I know what you mean about it being hard to keep up with all your fabulous and far-flung friends. Miss you!