Once more unto the breach

I guess a year is an unreasonable gap. Lots has gone on in my life. Many events that kept me from thinking about an online journal. Most significantly was the passing of my father, who influenced me very strongly. Few days pass by that I do not think of him and wish I could talk to him.

2008 was a year of transitions for me on many levels both personally and professionally. Now I think it's time to re-engage a few things I'd shelved during the chaos. One of those things is this blog. I will commit myself to a personal goal of posting to this blog once per week, come Hell or high water. I've already queued up a few weeks worth of topics (not yet written).

Going back and reading over the older posts I realize that my interest are more or less the same as they were, and I will be continuing in the same vein. That means more posts about the various manifestations of information and computer technology, their use in business process management and trying to make all the parts of the process dance together: people, technology and business.

And not only that, but also from the point of view that what's important at the end of the day are the results and not sticking to any one religion (e.g., Microsoft vs. Mac vs. Linux). Sometimes a post will be just because it's interesting.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.

Here we go again!

Apropos of nothing, I will once more put my thoughts to virtual paper, if only to give some place for my thoughts so that I can look back. Probably I will direct some people here also if I think something I've written is worth their time.

I started a blog in 2005 and made a couple hundred entries into it before petering out. The posts were a mix of random rambles and meticulous notes following the Hacker's Diet and my attempts to implement Getting Things Done. That blog fizzled for me, or at least my interest in it did, and had enough personal items in it that I decided to abandon it. It was also written with a pseudonym, and I think that encouraged me to be a bit more open with things I'd rather have kept to myself.

This time around I am going to be more "professional" in that I will not regale anyone with tales of my personal doings, and will stick to observations on technology, management, society, philosophy, etc. - bracing subjects, all.

As much as I'd like to be like Rands and have a cool hacker handle I am sadly lacking in that department. OK, I thought, I will use my real name. Alas, my name is far more common than I thought, so I went back to one of my first user account names and recycled it.

Despite not having a cool blog name, I am, however, going to take up some of his practices, including:

• The opinions expressed on this website are entirely my own. They do not represent the strategy/plans/thoughts of my employer, my family, my friends, my cat, etc.
• In some of my posts, I will refer to specific people as a means of telling the story... making a point. These people do not exist - they are fabrications that are specifically constructed to make a point. There are traits or quirks of former co-workers and friends that I borrow to construct my story persona, but these small slices of personality do not a person make.
• Lastly, I go out of my way to never borrow traits, ideas, or personalities from my current set of co-workers and managers. That would be bad form.

There, some ground rules in place. Some ideas are already churning.

So, in case anybody reads this, welcome to the blog!