I'm a fan of Cory Doctorow and I came across this section of his interview with the Changelog podcast.
I've started other projects and blogs in the past and have been crippled by perfectionism. Even this blog already has almost 30 draft entries that I can't bring myself to publish.
I don't know what this is going to be but I'm going to start with the intention that Cory wrote about in The Memex Method that
Writing for an audience keeps me honest.
https://doctorow.medium.com/the-memex-method-238c71f2fb46
If I write to explain what I found interesting about the topic to someone else then hopefully it'll be easier for me to remember in the future.
This is going to be an experiment. I'm going to blog about things I find important, fun, interesting, cool, whatever. There are going to be mistakes and missteps. I know I'm going to look back in embarrassment at some point in the future but I've lost a lot by not recording these things digitally in the past.
As Cory writes,
Cringing at your own memories does no one any good. On the other hand, systematically reviewing your older work to find the patterns in where you got it wrong (and right!) is hugely beneficial — it’s a useful process of introspection that makes it easier to spot and avoid your own pitfalls.
The Memex Method - Cory Doctorow
Hopefully there's going to be good times and fun too. Thats's the plan. Let's see how it goes. Like the title says: Welcome to my blooper reel.
