I’ve been playing with technology and web design since the early 2000s. And I’ve had a mostly blank WordPress blog since about 2007; when I started work at Bluehost. At the time it was mostly about understanding the tool well enough to support customers. Like many bloggers, I had some notions about posting profound, or at least useful material, but my introverted nature ultimately overcame any ambition.
So why now? There have been a lot of changes in my life in the last few years, and I need to change and grow. It’s past time I started leveraging this space as a means of showing some of my web developer credentials. Leaving this space with default material and nothing of substance seems unprofessional.
I don’t know that there will ever be much here that others care about, but there’s also potential to use this space for personal growth and accountability. A public facing journal of improvements I’m trying to make in my life. Artists dream of presenting something that touches the heart of the world. But art must be able to withstand indifference, or the love of producing something will turn to bitterness. Some things we do to specifically engage others. Some things we do for our own growth, regardless of whether anyone else cares.