Sheesh, it's been mere minutes, and that opening post already looks to me like verbal-diarrhea! That's the problem with thinking while you talk.
I know I said it was “about me” and all that junk, but what's the point if even I don't want to look at it?!? This is the web after all. I've been reading almost 200 blogs for a couple years now, and I've gotten to be a way better skimmer than I ever was in school.
So: why say it if nobody read it?
It's a battle between Expression and Communication. To define: Expression is about simply “getting something out”. Communication is about “getting something in” -- into someone else's head. Apparently I look at language and the web as a medium of communication, but not expression?
Is Expression of an idea valid on its own, even if nobody hears it? Why do we speak? (If a tree falls in a forest and nobody hears it....)
I dunno. Perhaps I should just boil stuff down anyway.
I'll try a list -- they're hard to make wordy. My intentions:
- Voice: be open and uninhibited, but succinct
- Subjects:
- talk about big web/dev/tech news
- publish lots of my existing web/dev/tech-related tools/code/articles
- thoughts on life (if you haven't noticed yet!)
- obligatory fun/funny links
- some sort of music features (as-yet-undetermined)
- Means:
- That's just it, though, I've got enough means. This is about the end. Therefore, Keep It Simple Stupid!
- And to that end, I'm self-hosting (yes, I am a control-freak), but building atop the .Text blog engine (to avoid creating yet another content mgmt system -- done enough of those thanks!)
Works for me. Heh, I'm sure you care :>