If you would’ve asked me that question two months ago, I probably would have said no. But I’m swallowing my pride and jumping on the bandwagon even though I promise to never ever use this word in conversation.
So why did I change my mind? A few reasons:
- I’m writing a new chapter in my career life (more on that later), and see this as a way to chronicle my adventures. I’ve journaled in the past, but I think putting my thoughts together in a blog will only help me strengthen my thoughts and processes.
- I’ve seen the light — blogs are a great tool to keep in touch with people. Since I’m setting out on my own, I want to use this tool to keep in touch with former colleagues, and get in touch with potential partners and clients.
- I wouldn’t be able to embark on this adventure if it weren’t for the great resources out there for small business owners and software developers. The growing number of Micro-ISV blogs have invaluable in helping me point to all these resources. I want to contribute back to that community by sharing what’s working for me and what’s not.
- My brother has one. I love him like *ahem* a brother of course, but we’re competitive that way. I’ve already ceded that he’s the slightly more attractive brother (to some people at least), but I’ve always been the technology guy in the family, and I’ll be remiss if he’s going to have a blog and I’m not.


6 responses so far ↓
1 brock // Feb 24, 2006 at 2:06 pm
Everybody’s doing it.
2 Ian // Feb 25, 2006 at 5:03 pm
I’ve been mulling it over for a month now. I especially like brock’s photo blog idea. What I can’t decide on is a name. And do I have to choose a topic? Should it be a family newsletter? Will my life get complicated?
3 ade // Feb 25, 2006 at 5:21 pm
Life gets easier with a blog
(From my extensive experience doing this for a whopping 4 days) I say go for it, call it whatever, talk about anything, continually tweak.
4 H Cubed // Apr 3, 2006 at 3:27 pm
Can even I start my very own blog too?!
5 H Cubed // Apr 3, 2006 at 3:27 pm
AWAITING MODERATION?! WTF?! I WANT IT POSTED NOW!!!!!!
6 ade // Apr 3, 2006 at 3:38 pm
LOL
The halldog site lives for ever at http://web.archive.org/web/19990221161501/users.anderson.edu/~halldog/
Leave a Comment