Time For A Change

I've been getting the itch to write again, so I'm starting to jot down notes and ideas for future posts. My first thoughts about the process are what topics and what is my purpose for writing. I think I'll approach it as an experiment, and that ought to cover both questions.

This won't be a proper experiment following any sort of establish method, but more of an open ended self-study. I've got several completely unrelated interests which are different enough that they really ought to be separate blogs. I'm not interested in spreading myself far enough to have multiple blogs, especially when I can't write enough to write for this one regularly. So... the answer to the first part is that I will write about any topic that comes to mind.

The purpose will be two-fold: to scratch my writing itch and to see what my interests really are. After a year or so, or a few dozen posts (sounds daunting already), I'll review what I've written and see how well my topics line up with what I think are my actual interests. I suspect I'll be making heavy use of tagging, or labels as blogger likes to call them. I'm pretty anal about categorizing things consistently, so you'll probably be able to filter out the noise by subscribing to specific labels if that's your thing.

So, to those that have found my little blog through barefooting, worry not, I've got plans for that topic. For those that have found this blog through programming/Linux, I've got plans there too. For anyone else, you're either a family member or a stalker. In both cases, I'm sure there will be enough personal news to make the blog worth following.

And I'll try to keep the meta-blogging to a minimum, I promise. I wanted to make an exception this time more as a commitment to myself.

So until next time, keep your feet bare!

Talkin' 'bout My Generation

Wow, I had no idea I was part of a generation who's parents have blogs. I just found out this afternoon that my mom has a blog under the name of her business, Bits 'N Pieces. Crazy.

I like the randomness of her first post. She's using it as a companion to her online stores, which she seems to have a lot more of now than I remember her having...

There's knitted and crocheted stuff at her Bits 'N Yarns store at Etsy, her awesome quilting stuff at her Bits 'N Threads store (also at Etsy), and then a Bits 'N Pieces store over at iCraft.ca. All this will keeping her corner of Creative Company full for locals and tourists in Merritt, BC.

So you see, there is very little reason why you don't already own something made by her.

Wonder how long before my dad has one...

Edit: Damn, she's even on Twitter.. I'm not even on Twitter!

New Habit

It seems I've picked up a new habit thanks to the Notes feature in Google Reader. Instead of taking the time to write a thoughtful response to an article I read, I just add a sentence or two of commentary to the items I share.

In other news.. Google Sites is now open for general use. I've been waiting for this, and it's really exciting for some reason, but for the life of me, I can't remember what the fsck I wanted to do with it! Oh well, at least I won't have to wait when the inspiration comes again.

How hard could it be?

I read a number of blogs on a regular basis (more than daily, thanks to Google Reader), and they all seem to be able to come up with something to say on a semi-regular basis. How hard could it be?

So, with as little fanfare as possible, I present to you the blog of a highly opinionated code monkey.