Posted: 11:18 am and last modified on January 25th, 2009 at 11:14 am
This is the third time I’ve started a blog. The previous times I had high hopes that my blog would turn into something (translation: have a regular following). This time I’m just content to jot down whatever comes to mind about my personal life. In fact, the “personal” aspect is what’s different this time. I think I tried to do too much with my previous blogs, combining both technical things from work and the day-to-day happenings in my life. A blog with such a wide range of topics is not likely to be read by many, if any. With this blog—which I’m calling a journal—I’m focusing on just the stuff that happens in my daily life. It could be anything, such as funny things that happen at home or work or what my kids are involved in. So we’ll see where this goes.
I’m also starting another blog (blog.coderbrown.com) where I’ll write about technical stuff and things I learn about web development and building websites from freelancing (hopefully) and at work. I hope to one day grow a freelance business as a web developer where I can eventually quit my “day” job and freelance full time, and the blog will help document my progress towards this goal.
You may notice the byline of this journal reads “The personal side of CoderBrown.” If you visit my blog you’ll see the byline reads “The professional side of CoderBrown.” I’m also working on revamping my website coderbrown.com and plan to have it somehow serve both as a professional and personal site. I’m hoping to launch the site soon.
In case you’re wondering, “CoderBrown” is an identity, something that is easily searched on the web and a name to call my freelance business. It’s a play on “Farmer Brown,” in that I work with code instead of farming. Incidentally, my brother Tim has a motion graphics and visual effects studio that he calls Farmer Brown (farmer-brown.com)…and neither one of us discussed our business names but came up with them at about the same time. Must have been some kind of funny family connection thing.
Eventually I’ll get around to writing an About page but for now I’m not going to introduce myself any more than I have. You can check out the links on the right (“CoderBrown can be found on…”) to learn more about me. And feel free to leave a comment anytime you wish. I hope you enjoy reading my journal.
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