…that makes me want to start a blog. It always happens. Just returned home from AGDC ‘07 and there it is again.
So far, I’ve resisted the urge due to the commitment that a blog has always implied to me. The fear that it would become some kind of unwelcome chore, in a life already too busy with Other Things. (I do have a ton of respect for Busy People with Real Jobs who manage to excel in their careers as well as keep blogs up to date, but that’s a subject for another post entirely.)
Then it occurred to me. Why would I be doing this in the first place? Largely because there are thoughts that I wish I’d have written down somewhere, or posts I’ve made in assorted corners of the internet, and I’ve always wanted a place to keep track of them. I tend to lose them as computers come and go, and the net has proven much more durable than any individual PC I’ve owned.
This is a place where I plan on posting things I don’t want to lose track of. As of the instant I’m writing this, I’m not seeing it as a place where I want to shout opinions and analysis from the rooftops.
If anyone else finds them interesting or wants or comment on them? All the better. Hi. Welcome. Stay as long as you like.
- Scott
Cuppycake said
September 8 2007 @ 8:12 pm
Welcome to the blogosphere Scottyroo =)
Now I have a blog to link to everytime I mention you on my blog. Which is only multiple times a week.
TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH! SHEESH!
KevinC said
September 12 2007 @ 11:21 am
Grats on starting your blog Scott. I look forward to reading some of your thoughts here. I’ve only been blogging about 1.5 months now, but it’s been very enjoyable.
Aaron said
September 12 2007 @ 1:15 pm
Welcome to the blogosphere.
I started blogging for the same reason, to index my thoughts. I started after last year’s AGC, and I actually have gone back to old posts sometimes. So mission accomplished!
It sounds like I would have met you at AGC if I had met Brent and Michael for dinner on Tuesday like I was originally planning to. Maybe I’ll catch you at next year’s.
darrenl said
September 13 2007 @ 3:44 am
You’re a blogger now? Excellent, you are now a target for being a guest on SUWT
/evil grin
Grats on the blog. Looking forward to reading it.
Nick McLaren said
September 13 2007 @ 11:16 am
Welcome to the blogging world! If you’re able to keep your blog up to date, then I guess I’ll have no excuses left for not updating mine.. You’ve got to be at LEAST as busy as I am.. Better to have infrequent quality updates then frequent spews of excrement
(Of course, that’s so much easier said than done)
Cheers,
Nick
Morgan Ramsay said
September 13 2007 @ 1:55 pm
Blogrolled.
Jeff Freeman said
September 16 2007 @ 1:01 am
So far, I’ve resisted the urge due to the commitment that a blog has always implied to me.
You’re off to a great start.
If you feel a responsibility to post regularly, then I have a helpful tip: any time you’ve just posted recently and find yourself posting again, post-date it instead so that from time to time, you can ignore your blog and yet still have posts rolling out on something resembling a “regular schedule”.
The alternative is good if you do not to feel any such responsibility - post a bunch one day, go for weeks without a post, etc. - which I can assure you works just fine, too…
‘Just depends on what implied promises you believe this thing represents…