First Post!
It's finally ready! After what seems like a long time planning, downloading, configuring, designing and plain old procrastinating, I finally have my very own blog. I suppose I could have saved myself the design stage, for what it was worth. :)
In this article I'll write a little bit about my goals in starting up a blog, and about the subjects I plan to touch upon. My reasons are as follows, in no particular order:
- Since I've been reading blogs, which hasn't been that long, I've found the concept quite interesting. More importantly, since I've been reading blogs I come across more and more things that make me think "hey, if I had a blog I could write about this!".
- I want to improve my writing style. I used to enjoy writing about things, but I got out of the habit and recently I only write documentation. So I want to get some more practice writing. I also want to make it easier to get ideas out of my head and into writing quickly and readably. You have no idea how long this post is taking to write.
- Self-discipline. Just to see if I can do it and keep it up.
As for the topics I might talk about, you're likely to find stuff on most of the things I enjoy. Except family and personal life. Things I enjoy are:
- Computers - This will probably be the bulk of what I write about. Apart from being my job it is also my main hobby. Specifically, I work as a developer at a small consultancy that specializes in solutions built on Open-Source and Free software. This presents quite a few challenges, most of which are about constantly learning how to use new tools. I'll try to write about my successes, failures, frustrations and experiences in general. The topic is labelled Geek.
- Music - I enjoy playing and listening to music. I might touch upon playing techniques, although I will most likely talk about likes and dislikes and I might even attempt a review or two(!).
- Ferrets - I have a couple of ferrets. There's nothing unusual about having pets, but when they're so different to other more common household pets it becomes a topic in and of itself. And having them in a country like Spain is even more of a challenge because they are especially uncommon. I'll probably end up writing about new stuff I find out.
- Sports - I'm not a sports buff by any means, but I enjoy watching more and more sports as I get older. Formula 1, Football (Spanish league and european, with the occasional nod to Portugal), MotoGP... I don't think I'll post long articles on this, just short comments. Also, I might end up writing in Spanish or Portuguese if the situation demands it. :)
- Food and Drink - Well, mostly drink. :-p I've been getting into cocktails recently, so when I read something new or try something new, I might write about it.
And anything else that strikes me as funny/amusing/interesting, like any other weblog I suppose.
Posted by Dave at July 2, 2003 12:22 PM