I don't know why, but it's taking me forever to get a blog post up. In the queue:
- Writing about my supermoto race results
- Writing about my Indonesia trip
- Writing about the cool tech I've been playing around with in my spare time
It's not that I am looking for perfection, it's just that blog posts take a suprising large amount of time! Getting all the pictures together, getting code examples correct and tested so I don't get a bunch of correction comments, etc.
Hopefully I can find some time this week...but that's what I said last week.
Who knew writing blog entries would be so hard? I have a bunch of half-finished entries in the queue, but they have taken a back-burner to Firefox releases, weekend fun, and craigslist shopping.
It is surprisingly hard to write a coherent blog post. I think the last four years of emailing informally for work has caused my long-form writing skills to atrophy. I've also noticed my spelling ability take a nose-dive when I read craigslist for an extended period of time. I will hopefully be writing a Firefox Jetpack to fix common phonetic spelling mistakes in craigslist posts, which should hopefully allow me to read craigslist without getting dumber.
Upcoming post topics:
- Technology
- A fairly in-depth look at update technology, comparing the difference between Apple, Mozilla, and (generally) Linux vendors. I might look into what Microsoft does as well, but it would be a superficial comparison as I have little hands-on experience with the Windows side of software updates / installers
- My #1 Bugzilla feature request (and potential patch / changeset)
- Ideas for new systems / process improvements at Mozilla
- Post on Firefox OOPP and the positive impact it is having
- What it's like to be a new employee at Mozilla (in general as well as thoughts about coming from Apple)
- My new i7 iMac impressions
- Personal / Random
- Things that annoy me that other people seem to enjoy immensely
Also, expect so see a lot more random picture posts as soon as I get a cellphone that actually takes photos. I had to give up my iPhone when I left Apple as it was their hardware on their plan. I am now a proud owner of a sweet $20 Samsung Go Phone (aka "Zack Morris" phone):
This is pretty much the phone I have
I read a bunch of blogs. I don't comment, I lurk. I have never personally had a blog before. This was basically because of 3 reasons:
- I didn't really think I had anything interesting to say about my personal life
- I wasn't sure I could say anything about my professional life (when working at Apple)
- I have a unique last name and am acutely aware that the internet is public
So why start a blog now?
For #1, I noticed I was updating my facebook status a lot. Now, I realize none of those statuses may have been interesting, but I realized I was microblogging anyway.
For #2, I am now at Mozilla. They encourage blogging and openness. Additionally, I love to read planet.mozilla.org and am stoked I can be syndicated there.
And for #3, I realized I don't really care that much. When I started on Myspace (yuck) and Facebook I locked myself down where you couldn't even search for me. I gradually started to break down those locks over time, to the point that I currently have many accounts (LinkedIn, etc) that display information to the web at large. I've given up on Internet anonymity. That said, I am still concerned about my privacy...which is why certain information is still hidden/controlled as best I can on Facebook, etc.
