Khürt Williams

Khürt Williams is passionate about photography, open-source software, information security, and the open web. He makes a living as a Lead Cyber Security Architect for a financial services firm. He lives in Montgomery Township, New Jersey.

Elsewhere: GitHub, Gravatar

Contact: Email Khürt

Khürt Williams

I’m an information security professional with a background in technology R&D. I enjoy exploring wildlife photography and capturing nature through my lens.

Website

My website, Island in the Net, is where I share thoughts on technology, photography, coffee, craft ale, diabetes, and everyday life.

Over the years, I’ve experimented with platforms including UserLand Manila, Blogger, MoveableType, and WordPress.com before settling on self-hosted WordPress in 2005. My domain has been part of my online journey for over two decades.

WordPress

I’ve been using WordPress since 2003, though my blogging journey started earlier. In 2005, I transitioned to self-hosting, giving me greater control and flexibility. I discovered the IndieWeb movement in 2017, inspiring me to integrate modern web standards like RSS, Webmention, Post Kinds, Syndication Links, ActivityPub, WebSub, Micropub, and IndieAuth, thanks to IndieWeb WordPress plugins.

Background

I’ve worked across electrical engineering (R&D), open-source software, system integrations, and cybersecurity. Prior to 2014, I focused on full-stack web development using Linux, Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Perl, PHP, and JavaScript. Over time, my focus shifted toward systems and application security, leading to my role as an information security architect in 2013.

Itches

Created a custom Microformats 2-compatible WordPress theme for my site, which I’ve open-sourced: Cornerstone on GitHub.

Working On

Nothing at this time.

IndieWeb Wiki

To add a sparkline like the following for Khürt Williams, copy/paste: {{Islandinthenet.com}} into the page where you want it to appear. (For setup, see How to make a small h-card template and wikify#Wikify_yourself.)