Hello.

This is the personal website of Deane Barker. If you want my professional website, then you may want:

Or my employer:

Or perhaps my former agency:

Personally, Deane is:

Husband (to Annie), and father (to Alec, Gabrielle, and Isabella)
Proud resident of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Moderate Democrat
Member of Central Church in Sioux Falls
Youth Group Leader in Central Church student ministries
Weekend coach, struggling athlete, and blogger at CrossFit Sioux Falls
Alumnus of Augustana University, member of the Computer Science Advisory Board and the Alumni Council
Former vice-chairman of the Trustee Board at Sioux Falls Seminary
Former hospital corpsman in the U.S. Naval Reserve
Documentor of fine cheese plates
Maintainer of The Interesting List
Annoyed pundit behind Step Away from the Share Button

Professionally, Deane is:

Senior Director of Content Management Strategy at Episerver
Co-founder of Blend Interactive (note: as of September 2020, I have divested my shares in Blend and no longer have any ownership of the company)
Host of The Content Management Bible Podcast
Prodigious producer of content management-focused content
Author of Web Content Management: Systems, Features, and Best Practices
Author of Real World Content Modeling: A Field Guide to CMS Features and Architecture
Co-author of The Web Project Guide: From Spark to Launch and Beyond
Author of Things You Should Know: 25 Lessons I’ve Learned About Selecting Content Technology and Services
Former blogger at Gadgetopia
Publisher of Squirrel Notes
One of the people behind The CMS UI Database
Maintainer of The Web Content Management Glossary
Creator of Denina
Instructor of Content Management at FH Joanneum: Intro to CMS, Advanced CMS
Member of the Boye and Co. CMS Experts Group
Moderator of the /r/cms subreddit
Former board member of Content Management Professionals (now defunct)
Content curator and MC of the early Now What Conferences (mainly 2013-2015 – less so for the later events)
Sometime conference speaker