May 12 2008
Making a start
Well, I’ve finally gotten around to registering a domain and starting a blog, some 5 months after I first got enthused and started playing around with Wordpress.com. I found the level of control using Wordpress.com to be somewhat frustrating and quite limited in terms of being able to customise, so I’ve gone with a Wordpress.org installation now.
Inspired by the bold approach taken by Stilgherrian last week when he undertook his first experimental live stream podcast, and greatly encouraged by fellow Brisbane twitterer and budding podcaster, Ian Kath, I’ve decided to bite the bullet and just get started, even if things are a little bit clunky and I don’t have the blog setup exactly as I would like it to be. I’ve realised that while tools such as Twitter have been a real boon for connecting with people, and the BTUB (Brisbane Twitter Underground Brigade) meetup last weekend was a great way to meet some of those people in the flesh, people are going to be able to get to know a lot more about where I’m coming from if I start blogging.
This week I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what it is that goes on in my head relating to tech. I have spent a number of hours trying to come up with a term to describe my approach to tech. The best thing I’ve been able to come up with so far is that i do IT Knowledge Management. To me, this means that I am fascinated by the use of information technology to formulate knowledge bases which facilitate a better workplace, organisational improvement, or deeper social connections, depending on the type of tools/systems etc being used and the scenario in which they are being used. I may post more on this as I have more conversations about it and my own thoughts crystallise more. For me it has been a real breakthrough to be able to put some kind of label to my approach, rather than being labelled by my job title.
As far as the blog goes, it will have a primarily tech. focus, and I will likely post about the things that I have been following closely for the past 6 months or so - social media, attention management, aggregation and online identity, to name a few. Hopefully this will serve as a good dumping ground for my thoughts and who knows, some of it may be of interest to you too!