I tried to start blogging a couple of years ago, but got scared and stopped. I'm scared now, trying to start again. Once I hit that 'Publish' button, ... well, I just don't know. I might be liked, I might be hated. Perhaps worst of all, and most likely, is that I'll just be ignored.
But I'm going to try again. And again after that, if necessary. I believe I have something of value to share with the world, and right now this is the best (only?) outlet I'm aware of. Of course, just because I believe it has value doesn't make it so. And I cannot think of any way to know ahead of time whether what I write will have value to you, or anyone else. So, let me throw some stuff out there, and "let the market decide".
What is this blog about, anyway?
Overall, this blog is about me sharing my experiences with the world, and hoping that my sharing will help someone in some way. It's also about me refining my ideas: I find that quite often I don't completely understand my views on a given topic until I try to explain them to someone else.
In particular, it is about technology and philosophy, computers and society, programming and psychology. I've been programming professionally for the better part of twenty years; surely I've learned something of value. I'm quite the armchair philosopher, too: I love to try to figure out why we do what we do, and lately I've been wanting to formalize the principles I try to live by, to generate a sort of personal Constitution, if you will.
Thanks for reading this.
BM
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