Back in 1996 I was running around the internet, an avid video game player and budding computer programmer, when I ran across John Carmack’s .plan concerning 3D API’s. It was effectively a blog long before the term blog was coined. I thought it was the coolest thing because it epitomized, to me, the usefulness of the internet in terms of information sharing, opinions, ideas, etc. I was fascinating to read the thoughts of a man I admired on a subject that I barely understood.
At the time, I thought the idea of an online journal was a really cool one. But at the same time I didn’t have the motivation (or the hardware) to really do it the right way. I had only a scant few MB of web space on a dial-up plan and no database to work with. The thought of updating hardcoded HTML every few days made me nausious. Plus, I was only an undergraduate programmer, and I didn’t think I had much to contribute in terms of ideas or opinions that mattered.
Now, it’s almost 10 years later. I’m a seasoned programmer, developer, database administrator, webmaster, and all-around coding geek. And the blogosphere has emerged. Wouldn’t you know it? I’m behind the curve.
It’s about time
So, here I am, about to enter the sphere and blog away. And professionally, I feel like I finally have something worthy to say. I’m in an environment at my new job where we’re doing something I love, and we’re digging deep into .NET, Whidbey, Yukon, and a host of development technologies that gets me really excited about work. It’s a fun time to be a software developer.
With that said, welcome to my blog. I hope it’s a fun ride 