Changes to the blog.

So to say I’ve not been a very prolific blogger is pretty obvious just by looking at the content of my blog.  But it is something I want to recommit myself to going forward.  Like anyone else, I’ve got thoughts and opinions on many topics that I’d like an opportunity to express.  Hopefully in a way that others are interested in tuning into.

That being said, the content of my blog will change focus and move away from technology topics.  I made a career change late last year and now work for Microsoft as a Premier Field Engineer.  It was a great opportunity, and has been a very positive change for me in many ways.

That being said however, any blogging I may intend to do in the future about technology topics will be done via the TechNet blogs.  That means my focus on this private blog will be on non-technology topics, and that any opinions expressed here are strictly my own.

So stay tuned for upcoming posts about my thoughts on science, critical thinking, how being a Dad has changed me in many ways, and of course my thoughts on religion and culture and how they tie in with the idea of a modern secular society.  And hopefully, I stay true to the sentiment of one of my favorite Buddhist sayings:

Do not speak unless it improves on silence - Buddhist saying

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So THIS is the Interwebs.

I traditionally subscribed to the attitude or practice of being comfortably behind the curve in adopting new technology.  A curious stance for an IT professional I know, but there you have it.  I think it mainly had to do with my general disdain for jumping on that good old bandwagon, as well as my general opinion that things very rarely live up to the hype that we as social creatures tend to assign to them.

However, over the past few years I've worked to reverse that trend.  I tend to be very cautious when commenting on most anything.  I like to understand a topic, whether for or against, before I'm comfortable commenting on it in front of others.  This has lead me to honestly looking into all sorts of different aspects of technology and social media to determine which I think hold actual benefit and value to me.

And so I finally stumble across Blogger, long after everyone else, like the nerdy kid making a late and ackward entrance into the party he wasn't invited to in the first place.

I'll be working on the template for this over the coming weeks and months to settle into something succinct, functional, and hopefully cool looking.

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