A journey of a thousand miles…

There are so many expressions to illustrate the start of a major undertaking; from eating an elephant one bite at a time, or watching one take its first steps… you get the point.  For me, beginning a blog is in that same category.

Why blog?

Remember!

I hate it when I make the same mistakes over and over again.  I’ve often repeated a phase I heard years ago: “This experience was worth a million dollars, but I wouldn’t give 2-cents to do it again!” I’m hoping a blog will help me internalize lessons learned by experience and allow me to replete successes and avoid failures.

Record successful patterns

I usually change my car brakes every couple years.  You would think the task would get easier, but every-time I pull off the tires I wonder “this doesn’t look familiar… have I changed these brakes before?”  To help with memory limitations, a searchable blog should come in handy.  Who knows, maybe I’ll have a post about changing brakes from an amateur.

Help me please!

I’ve found some of the most useful blog content is found in the comments.  Perhaps the one or two readers that stumble on this site will be able to contribute something helpful.  I don’t have corner on good ideas; all are welcome here.

More reasons to blog

There are so many reasons to blog if you’re on the fence do a quick online search and you might be convinced to start your own!

Blog topics

What will I blog about?  Whatever I feel like!:)   I spend a lot of time developing software, so I expect most of my posts will have technical content.  I’m also a husband and father of 3 with all the challenges that come with family life.  I live in Canada so you might see posts of moose in polar bear in my backyard… although I’ve only seen moose so far… still hoping for the polar bear.  If a topic is important to me and I think it might be useful to remember; I’ll blog about it.  In a nut-shell, I’m not going to limit the blog content to a single topic.

Don’t like my content?

As much as I think my ideas are the best, I’ve been proven wrong once before.  Comments are welcome; those in agreement and those that offer a different view.  Just be respectful and explain your reasoning with some sort of reliable evidence and I’ll be happy to include it :)

Here we go!

The Martinelli’s have been smashed over the blog’s bow and the great ship bloggy has set sail; YEE-HAW!