Nur Ahmad Furlong, better known online as Nomad One, has been involved with WordPress since 2006. Nomad has been a lecturer at Friend Of Design and can be found online at http://www.nomad-one.com/ or on Twitter: @nomadone
How did you get into WordPress? How has WordPress been involved in shaping your career?
I first found WordPress when I became interested in reading sustainability blogs way back in 2006 and I noticed one of my favorite blogs has a “Built with WordPress” link at the bottom. That’s when I rushed off and did some investigation which resulted in my first WordPress.com blog site. In fact it’s still online, only has 4 posts, LOL. – http://nomadone.wordpress.com/
Later I used the blog to speak about my career, and when I could not longer modify it by merely adding sidebars I knew I needed to go the self hosted route.
Just to clarify, I am not currently lecturing at Friends of Design though I have done so in the past.