inquiline weblog

TypePad - What's a weblog?

Sometimes, you need to get a forum - a space to fill - before you can really find your muse to create.

Merlin Mann's 43 Folders answers for himself the question, What's a weblog? In most cases, he says, it's the internet equivalent of Macramé: crap. He has some good points.

I agreee that not publishing crap makes for better weblogs, better focus makes for better reading. So, my intrepid readers may be wondering, "why's this particular blog pretty much all over the map?" It just so happens, there's an answer:

I'm a renaissance man. I'm a jack of all trades, master of none (as the saying goes).

That last statement may not be true, but according to my own metric - I'm no master. Even the things I do the best in this world are things which can receive further refinement. Even Itzhak Perlman practices, and finds new little nuances in the music he performs that require extra attention. Funny that I fall back to a musician reference. I haven't thought of my current craft as related to my history with the musical craft in a long time...

Personally, I'm good at a lot of things. Some people would stop and think, "jeez! Another know-it-all.." and roll their eyes. No one wants to come off that way, of course, but it happens. What also happens is that sometimes you get enough experience with a thing or two, and just want to share that experience whether it's wrong or right. So up here, I have an experience or two, and I share it. It doesn't come out refined and processed all the time, but it comes out. It's a space, and I'm a voice, and even if it's not narrowed to a lazer-like focus on my customers' needs they may still find a scrap of usefulness from time to time. Not everyone who has a string of words to share with the world has the refinement of a seasoned journalist. It can take more than 30 days for some people to find that voice, and to sort out their passion, and limit it sufficiently that it fits neatly into a category.

Reject categories, speak your voice. Simple. That's why this weblog is here.

posted by Brian @ 1:53 PM