Martin Sojka
Founder, President and CEO
As the founder and creator of Lumberjocks.com, Martin had a vision of bringing woodworking artisans and craftsman from around the world to a common place in order to showcase their talents and share their experiences.
Martin has a great admiration for those who can create such beautiful work and enjoys the time he spends browsing through the many projects posted to LumberJocks.com.
Prior to developing Lumberjocks.com, Martin graduated from EUBA in Bratislava with a Masters Degree in Auditing. Martin is also the Founder, Senior Designer and Vice President of Website Development for newline Creations, a web marketing company specializing in business website design and development.
Martin is a web applications architect, designer and developer. He is particularly interested in Ruby on Rails, user interfaces, niche community Websites and utility Web applications. His specialties are, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Ruby on Rails, PHP, web design and development as well as architecture and marketing.
In his spare time, Martin enjoys travelling with his new wife, photography, bartending, cycling, working out and streetball.
Martin’s presence on the Internet: LumberJocks | Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter
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Michal Bulla
Site Manager for GardenTenders & HomeRefurbers
Michal, a good friend of Martin’s is from the same small town Brezno, in Slovakia. Michal joined with GardenTenders and HomeRefurbers in 2007. He graduated in 2007 with a Masters Degree in Microelectronics. Michal has gained much experience in web development working as a Designer and Web Developer for newline Creations and has brought this experience to our group of online communities.
In his spare time, Michal is inspired by LumberJocks members and has tried his hand in woodworking. He also enjoys playing basketball, streetball and traveling.
Michal’s presence on the Internet: HomeRefurbers | GardenTenders | Facebook
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Judi
Advertising Manager & Freelance Writer
Judi is a freelance writer living on the East coast of Canada. Judi joined our team at LumberJocks in 2007 as our independent advertising manager as well as the writer for our Press Releases. Judi became interested in LumberJocks through her husband, one of our community members and avid woodworker. When we posted our interest in an advertising manager, she jumped at the opportunity. This was a change from her writing profession, however she was eager to learn and with her interpersonal skills have since created a good relationship with our many sponsors.
In her spare time, Judi also enjoys writing, gardening, architecture, photography, sketching and hiking as well as blogging on her own sites and on GardenTenders.
Debbie Pribele
Community Manager & Emag Writer
Debbie loves new challenges and ideas and is always looking for ways to make things better. Ready for semi-retirement, Debbie started researching potential hobbies, including woodworking and gardening. When Debbie discovered LumberJocks.com, she fell in love with the concept and was eager to help in any way she could.
Debbie is a Life Guide & Consultant, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. Her positive attitude, friendly nature and endless ideas helped with the formation of what LumberJocks has become today.
Now our supportive community manager and Emag writer for both LumberJocks and GardenTenders, Debbie has become a valuable member of our team.
Family means the most to Debbie, although her own family are number one in her life, Debbie is thrilled to have her other families; that of LumberJocks, GardenTenders, and HomeRefurbers.
In her spare time, Debbie enjoys gardening, photography as well as poetry and book writing.
Debbie’s presence on the Internet: LumberJocks | GardenTenders | Facebook
Our Features At Glance
- Blogs - an ongoing journal of your woodworking experience
- Blog Series - connecting related blog entries for continued storylines
- Buddies - designate other Members as Buddies and receive notification of their postings via email
- eMag - a monthly online magazine available for members to read and share
- Favorites - mark projects and blog entries as a "Favorite" for easy reference
- Forums - a variety of discussions, from questions, to site suggestions, to off-topic discussions
- Help - have a question about how LumberJocks.com works? Check out the Help Files
- Members - a list of all LumberJocks
- Messages - send/receive private messages to other LumberJocks
- Online - see which LumberJocks are currently online
- Projects - sharing projects with others by story and photo album
- Pulse - keep up to date by viewing recent postings
- Search - let's you do a specific search for something on the LumberJocks site
- Shop - post pictures and descriptions of your shop and your tools
- Shuffle - check out projects from the past with this random search option
- Spread - "Spread the Word" using the tools provided
- Tags - labels added to topics to help others find related information
- Videos - view "Vlogging" entries created by fellow LumberJocks
Thank You
We'd like to thank following members for helping us to test the site in its early days:
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