Canyon R

You may ask why I have begun posting things I wrote back in early 2006. The short answer is that I wrote it intending to put it up and didn’t.
Other answers include:

• I need to clear out the Moleskine that this lives in before I finish it out and start another one.
• I hope that by finally transcribing the contents I can get some perspective on my views at the time.

I have one more long piece and a short one that I hope to get up soon. This is coming out in near first draft form. I have decided to do only minimal editing and just post it as it was written. I would love comments and feedback, as long as you remember that these were from a year ago and a lot has evolved since then.

I believe that a blog, like many other projects, benefits from a set of goals. This can help to both focus the efforts of the project and evaluate it’s success later on. This blog exists, like most other non-commercial blogs, primarily for the benefit of the writer. Therefor I set these goals as a target, a destination of sorts, for the journey as it exists.

• Expansion of writing as both a skill and a habit within my regular routine
• Journaling my thoughts and interests for my own and others review
• Communicating my realizations and conclusions on certain topics
• Generating a conversation with others who may find my ideas compelling
• Chronicling my experiences and exploits so others may learn from my mistakes

I also think there is value in stating what this blog isn’t and what I hope to keep it from becoming.

• A Diary
• The complete chronicle and record of the insignificant portions of my life
• A list of web pages I think are useful (For this I suggest my del.icio.us page)
• Links to content without attempting to contribute to the topic or discussion
• A money making venture
• An Ego centric tribute to my own greatness and intellect

I hope this will give us both a better idea of what I hope to achieve and avoid with this effort.

For the sake of full disclosure, I have started this blog 4 times in the past, in different forms. None of them has taken off beyond a few casual posts on a semi-regular basis. I hope to hold myself to a tighter schedule this time. I would like to post three days a week as a minimum. I’m not sure how realistic that is but as least it’s a good goal to set initially.