Old-school blogger
[timeline showing different strands braided together]
I started blogging in 2001 (really, more like 2002), as a university student who had started playing around enjoyed learning out loud. Both blogging and Emacs continued through:
- teaching computer science
- going on a technical internship in Japan
- taking up graduate studies
- working at IBM
- experimenting with consulting and semi-retirement
- parenting
directly related to blogging
It's wonderful having such a long archive. I can trace my growth. I've changed a lot over the past 24 years. I miss being so optimistic and energetic, but who I am now and who I'm becoming are also okay.
[drawing of the butterfly life cycle]
- caterpillar
- chrysalis: We're in this messy stage where I digest myself and move my insides around
- butterfly: maybe someday
Learning out loud by blogging:
- Springboard: Writing as I learn means I can use my notes to pick up from where I left off.
- Sometimes my notes help other people.
- Sometimes people share what they've been learning.
- Writing helps me gather my tribe.
Questions to explore:
- What do I want to learn? How?
- What's nearby?
- What might be useful
- to my future self
- to others
Looking forward - I want to...:
- draw more. It's fun.
- deepen my reflections.
- learn more.
- prepare so I can doing this.
How can I improve workflows for capturing/thinking/sharing/finding?
What can I do so I can keep learning and writing all my life? How can I get even better at it?