I once read someone, somewhere bashing anyone who still had their Hello World post up on their blog. If that person somehow arrives on this blog, I’m sorry. I love seeing this phrase on the screen because it means I’m starting a process that I’m really going to enjoy. I wonder who coined the term? Let’s look it up…
… Brian Kernighan in 1974. Thank you Brian, you’re one of my new heroes. I’ll read the rest of your Wikipedia page later.
I’ve started a few blogs in the past, both business and personal. I’m excited about this one though because it’s the blog I’ve always intended on doing but never have.
From January of 1990 to January 2000, on the advice of one of my Sunday school teachers, I wrote in a personal journal every single day. I’ve never gone back to read what I wrote, and I cringe at the thought of anyone else ever reading it. But that exercise let me flush out a lot of creative thoughts and ideas. I’ll probably feel bad if no one ever finds me on this blog, but if nothing else, I hope this blog will bring back that kind of disciplined idea exploration that my journal used to give to me.
I don’t have any plan to focus on one topic for this blog. I’ve over-thunk it for the past few years and the result has just been an excuse to never start. So I’ll just start writing now and see where it takes me. It’ll likely be about the things I generally think about and learn while I’m exploring technology and business ideas. I’ll probably write about my experiences as a new husband and Dad-to-be, and life as kind of a wondering entrepreneur. I’m also interested in the mobile web and online passive income, so maybe this blog will evolve into something more focused around one of those topics. We shall see.
I have lots to say, but I tend to favor short articles and more of them, so I’ll leave this first post at that.
Hello World!