Lately I have been thinking about why I started this blog. There are a number of reasons that came to mind quickly, some of which are:
- To learn how to buy and set up domain names.
- Learn how to set up software on a server ( Wordpress ) using FTP.
- Learn how to design websites using HTML, CSS, and other web programing languages.
- Learn how RSS works.
- Have a way of expressing some of my thoughts and sharing interesting things I find on the web with family and friends that visit it.
Basically it was an educational experiment to see what I can do without reading how to do any of this stuff in a book or taking any classes. So far I have learned a ton by just searching Google for a certian task I want to do that I cannot figure out on my own.
There was one more reason that I remembered after thinking about it for a while and it was actually the most important reason.
To become a better writer.
When I first started the site I wanted to set a goal of writing one post a day to help myself develop my writing skills. I realized that was a much more difficult task then it sounds. I found myself writing about things that didn’t really matter at all because I could not think of anything to write or was not sure what my family or friends would make from my opinions. Then the killer came. Embedding videos , mostly from YouTube, and posting pictures because it was the easier thing to do. Before you knew it the site was filled with useless pictures and videos; and information about events instead of my opinion on the important things happening around me.
So today I am here to announce that there will no longer be ANY pictures or videos posted to this blog, I’ll keep that stuff to email. There will not be posts everyday, because starting now this blog is about quality instead of quantity.
Starting today, I am not holding anything back. If I have an opinion on something you are going to hear about it, whether its the popular opinion or not.
rja
