I work in the Internet. Well, these days we call it "digital media," with the advent of e-commerce, video, mobile web, online banking, social networking, etc. But, I still like to say I work in the Internet because I remember how it was ten years ago when I first entered the door into this world.
I lived in San Francisco then, circa 1998. I was consulting at PwC and dying to get a piece of the Internet pie. However, I had no programming or computer or web-related skills to speak of, so it seemed an impossibility. People were becoming millionaires left and right, inlcuding some of my friends. That wasn't my end goal, though (see the aforementioned lack of skills). I wanted to be a part of the excitement.
I loved and still love to hear about the upcoming advances in this field. For example, I'm looking forward to the total integration of web, TV, and mobile. Even more than all of this, I love being an early adopter of all the new stuff. I first got into surfing my junior year of college. Since then, I've done everything to feed the addiction - Amazon, Priceline, ebay, Google, Blue Mountain Arts, Zappos, Friendster, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, the list goes on. And I'd like to point out that I never used AOL.
The one thing I'd intentionally avoided -- blogging. I am a very private person. Numerous old colleagues have sent me invitations or shown me their awesome blogs. I read everyone else's blogs religiously, but I am not a blogger (or vlogger or mobloger). Maybe it's embarassment or maybe I want to stay an enigma.
So, why start now? It's not the peer pressure certainly. I do miss the days when I would write endlessly - my travel journals, short stories to humor friends, articles for my school papers, autobiographical chapters, that book I was going to get published. That's not it either. I want my son (and any future children) to have an insight into me. That's why I called this blog "A Postscript." It's a supplement to what they'll experience with me.
fyi, I'm typing this as my son sleeps on my chest. I hope not all posts take this long!
Aw, thank you for inviting me into your blog! Excellent first post!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I have to say that I started blogging for other reasons, but have thought now that it's going to be amazing for my kids to read my blogs someday, since so many are about them...I'll have at least 2 big fans of my writing...=)
Congrats...looking forward to more!
Welcome to the addiction. I fully expect this to turn in to a mommyblog b/c Naveen is a cutie!
ReplyDeleteBut use it as an outlet to write. Once you feel ready for the world, I am sure the greater world at large will enjoy your writing. Lord only knows why people like reading my trainwreck of a public blog, but they do.