{"id":13,"date":"2013-03-05T14:01:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T20:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erickuznacic.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2021-03-10T14:29:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T20:29:02","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.erickuznacic.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Eric Kuznacic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Kuznacic is a lifelong technology junkie who began experimenting with computers more than 35 years ago when his parents purchased a Texas Instruments TI-99\/4A. He found some BASIC programs in a computing magazine and spent hours inputting and debugging the code to create very simple programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During high school he became enamored with the Internet via a Compuserv dial-up account. He chose to attend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drake.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drake University<\/a> in Des Moines, Iowa, largely because of its \u201cMacintosh in Every Dorm Room\u201d program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During college he taught himself HTML and CSS, launching a personal GeoCities homepage in 1995 and never looking back. After graduation dabbled in freelance website design and IT consulting side projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric created Why the Fuss? Technical Solutions in 2013, after years of requests for assistance with websites and online branding efforts. The business provides WordPress-related services and training\/education to small businesses, nonprofit organizations, and anyone else in need of technical assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since founding WTF?, Mr. Kuznacic has amassed a long list of private-, public- and nonprofit clients throughout southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois and beyond. He believes strongly in the power and dynamism found within the global WordPress community and wholeheartedly supports its open-source mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My life, in bullet points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s like a TL;DR version of me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>I was born and raised in <a title=\"Elkhorn, Wisconsin on Wikipedia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elkhorn,_Wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\">Elkhorn, Wisconsin<\/a>, but &#8220;came of age&#8221; in <a title=\"Des Moines, Iowa on Wikipedia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Des_Moines,_Iowa\" target=\"_blank\">Des Moines, Iowa<\/a>&nbsp;and consider it my hometown.<\/li><li>I now live in <a title=\"Janesville, Wisconsin on Wikipedia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Janesville,_Wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\">Janesville, Wisconsin<\/a>, a town of which I knew little while growing up, but have come to appreciate since relocating in 2005.<\/li><li>I love my <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/katie-kuznacic\/5\/555\/287\" target=\"_blank\">wife<\/a> and my dog (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickuznacic.com\/goodbye-snickers\/\">R.I.P., 10\/23\/2018<\/a>) more than I can describe in words. We make a pretty sweet family.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career &amp; professional life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>My past jobs, in chronological order since graduating college, have been: <ul><li>Street-team coordinator<\/li><li>Roadie\/music marketer<\/li><li>Club doorman<\/li><li>Bartender<\/li><li>Front-end website designer<\/li><li>Bartender (again)<\/li><li>Newspaper reporter and photographer<\/li><li>Newspaper associate editor<\/li><li>Business services rep for a workforce-development organization<\/li><li>Entrepreneur and small-business owner <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>I taught myself HTML and CSS during college in the mid-1990s. It is one of the best things I have ever done for myself as it at first provided a hobby and now has blossomed into a career.<\/li><li>I have been a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WordPress<\/a> devotee since 2010 and believe it to be one of the most-important and influential tools developed during the Internet Age.<\/li><li>I run a one-man&nbsp;website design\/development company: <a title=\"Why The Fuss? Technical Solutions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wtftechsolutions.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why The Fuss? Technical Solutions<\/a>, founded on June 1, 2013.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sports loyalties<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drake.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drake University<\/a> is my alma mater, and I do my best to support them from afar.<\/li><li>I am a loyal\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwbadgers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wisconsin Badger<\/a>\u00a0and have spent the past several years following the football and men&#8217;s basketball teams. <ul><li>Proud UW men&#8217;s basketball season-ticket holder, 2012-present.<\/li><li>From my seat on Feb. 9, 2013, witnessed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T1ybVm3Oxyw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Brust&#8217;s half-court shot to tie<\/a> (and UW&#8217;s overtime win) over Michigan in what I consider to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickuznacic.com\/storming-the-court\/\">the best game I have ever seen<\/a> in person.<\/li><li>Witnessed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/video\/basketball-men\/2015-04-04\/mbk-601-kentucky-wisconsin-final-four\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2015 Final Four<\/a> win over Kentucky (and loss to Duke) from section 127 of Lucas Oil Stadium.<\/li><li>Watched the unranked UW football team defeat then-No. 5 LSU at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbaypressgazette.com\/story\/news\/2016\/09\/03\/food-football-dominate-lambeau-field-college-classic\/89539132\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lambeau Field College Football Classic<\/a> on Sept. 3, 2016, the first major college football game played in the historic NFL venue. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>I am a lifelong baseball fanatic, living and dying with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brewers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a>. Still waiting for that World Series title &#8230;<ul><li>Although, I was able to sit behind home plate at Miller Park for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tlPWAg2_plQ&amp;ab_channel=TrueRGM\">Game 1 of the 2018 NLCS<\/a> vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. I&#8217;ll never forget the buzz in the building that night, especially after pitcher Brandon Woodruff took Kershaw deep in the bottom of the third inning!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Born-and-bred, tried-and-true, bleed-green-and-gold fan of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.packers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>. <ul><li>In the stands (and freezing cold!) for the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TaJZwYPe7Cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al Harris Interception<\/a>&#8221; playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks. This was the when Seattle QB Matt Hasselbeck declared to the world (via the ref&#8217;s hot mic) after winning the coin toss, &#8220;We want the ball and we&#8217;re gonna score.&#8221; How&#8217;d that work out for ya, bud? <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Moments of note from my past<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>In June 2012 I fell an estimated 40 to 50 feet down a cliff in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lajollabythesea.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Jolla, CA<\/a> and had to be airlifted out. <ul><li>Broke my femur into three pieces, spider-fractured my right orbital bone, and was cut, scraped and bruised from head to toe.<\/li><li>But somehow I am here to tell the story. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickuznacic.com\/my-story-featured-heropress\/\">Read more about it<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My life-long love affair with music<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>I listen to music at <a title=\"Eric Kuznacic's last.fm listening history\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/kuznacic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">every possible minute<\/a> and involve music in my life in every possible way.<\/li><li>I worked in various positions in the music industry during college and in the years after. Among my various positions, I did everything from\/to: <ul><li>Work the door at a club.<\/li><li>Book and promote shows for local, regional, and national artists.<\/li><li>Lead local, regional, and national street teams for major-label recording artists.<\/li><li>Manage local and regional bands and artists.<\/li><li>Work as a label and artist liaison for a national street-marketing firm.<\/li><li>Receive a platinum record award from the RIAA for my work promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slipknot_(album)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an album<\/a>. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>All of this despite the fact that I don&#8217;t play any instrument and can&#8217;t sing on-key to save my life. Go figure.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trivia and such<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>I can eat pizza and\/or tacos every day for weeks on end and never once tire of them.<\/li><li>I am an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISTJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISTJ<\/a> personality, which may help you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.personalitypage.com\/ISTJ.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">better understand me<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography Eric Kuznacic is a lifelong technology junkie who began experimenting with computers more than 35 years ago when his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":932,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meet the world&#039;s only Eric Kuznacic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My name is Eric Kuznacic. 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