So… at every software conference I go to, someone asks me, “where’s your blog?” And developers like Jay Fields have made the case for why good developers have blogs. But Wired has decided that blogs are now obsolete (in typically pretentious Wired manner). And that means that now is absolutely the time for me to start up my own blog.
Honestly, the thought of me blogging sort of weirds me out.
The permanence of data on the internet is part of it, but that exists with emails to public mailing lists, and comments on other blogs, and even with IRC transcripts… and doesn’t bother me as much. But blogging is more like, “this site here represents my thoughts”. So I’m going to put up a disclaimer here: not only does this site not represent the opinions of my employers (past, present, and future), but it might not represent my own thoughts (past, present, or future). I reserve the right to change my mind, and also to post incomplete thoughts which a part of me disagrees with.
It seems like the responsibility and formality are expected to be a notch up from other more informal communication media: how often one posts, how well they write, etc. I suppose these things aren’t that big of a deal. I don’t hold other blog writers to any particularly high standards in this realm. But still, these thoughts tend to increase stress levels, and why would I willingly do that to myself?
Most importantly, I don’t really think that I will write anything that I personally would be interested in reading. I don’t think I have anything particularly important to say. And I don’t really care if people across the world are affected by what I say. Again, this isn’t something that I judge other bloggers by.
So what will I write about? When will I write? And what will happen when (not if) I’m embarrassed by what I’ve written? Enough naval-gazing… we’ll see what happens. 
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