I am thinking about making some changes here and perhaps splitting my writing across multiple blogs.

You see, ever since I started blogging back at Advogato in May 2000 and then moved here to LiveJournal in 2004, I have always written entries because it was interesting for me to do so.  I wrote because at the end of the day, I am a writer.  Writing, like any art or skill, takes practice... and this blog has been my very public place in which to practice the art of writing.  Back in June 2005, I mentioned a quote on a cup from Starbucks that said in part:

"A writer is someone who has written today."

There you have it.  In a nutshell the answer to "why do I blog".  I am a compulsive diarist and a lover of language.[1]  More than that, I enjoy writing, I enjoy teaching... telling stories... demystifying things... helping people.  All of my various career positions and even most all of my outside activities have been about "helping people communicate better", whether its through technology like email or the Web or now VoIP... and they pretty much all involved an education (and to a degree PR) component. [2]

This blog is a personal blog and is a quite accurate reflection of the many facets of who I am.  Sometimes I am hyper-focused on one subject and may blog about that extensively and almost exclusively.  Other times my writing is less-focused and may cover a wide range of subjects.  Sometimes I may write a lot in a few days... and then I may not post for a week or more.  My writing here reflects the fact that I have a lot of different interests... so I'll write about VoIP, security, etc., and about PR, marketing, social media, etc.... but I'll also write about curling... and Vermont... and hiking... and artwork... and sci-fi... and privacy issues... and (very occasionally) politics... and typography... and wordworking... and whatever else comes to mind.  I write about travels... and links others have sent me that are really apropos of nothing else.

This blog reflects who I am (at least, the parts of me that I share publicly).

But a funny thing has happened along the way of this 6+year journey in what we now call "social media"...

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