http://www.secrethistoryofstarwars.com/index.html
Some will find the name of the author even more amusing.
20080529
20080526
It's all about starting...
... the THIRD time over, dammit! Either Blogger or Konqueror has this tendency to wipe out all I had written, irrecoverably, when I do silly stuff like hitting the "Italic" or "Preview" buttons. I'm working externally now (on my beloved BasKet Note Pads).
Anyway. I had been toying with the idea of a blog for quite a while. I would often have the random idea about something and find myself thinking that it would make for a nice post, if I had a blog about...
About what? That had been the major roadblock -- that fact that I couldn't for the life of me decide what would the blog be about. Functional programming? Politics? Procrastination and the ways to fight it? Which of the N trades I consider myself a beginner of? In summary, I didn't think I had enough substance to contribute in any of these fields.
Enter Neil Fiore and his "The Now Habit" book. Its main tenet is that procrastination is actually a symptom of perfectionism, fear of failure and/or fear of success (I was quite surprised to find out there is such a thing). He then offers a series of techniques and hacks to overcome these problems, one of the core ones being a principle of "persistent starting". All in all, it's nothing but the basic idea that in order to get a project done the important question is "where can you start" or "what is the next step" (also known as the Next Action of GTD, Agile's "Release Early, Release Often", etc), but even that idea is an often overlooked one, of which sometimes you need a conscious reminder. Common sense isn't that common, after all.
So I still don't know what the blog will be about. I only know about this post, and a few ideas I have drafted. Before we reach the lofty questions of purpose, let's see how we keep up with the nitty-gritty of just writing and publishing, dealing with comments and criticism (how about getting any readers in the first place?). Will something emerge as we go on? Maybe. At least I've taken the first step, which is all that counts in the end. After this there'll be a next first step, and another one, and so on (unless I decide I don't want to keep a blog after all). For now though, I'll go play some Torus Trooper. Without a speck of guilt.
Anyway. I had been toying with the idea of a blog for quite a while. I would often have the random idea about something and find myself thinking that it would make for a nice post, if I had a blog about...
About what? That had been the major roadblock -- that fact that I couldn't for the life of me decide what would the blog be about. Functional programming? Politics? Procrastination and the ways to fight it? Which of the N trades I consider myself a beginner of? In summary, I didn't think I had enough substance to contribute in any of these fields.
Enter Neil Fiore and his "The Now Habit" book. Its main tenet is that procrastination is actually a symptom of perfectionism, fear of failure and/or fear of success (I was quite surprised to find out there is such a thing). He then offers a series of techniques and hacks to overcome these problems, one of the core ones being a principle of "persistent starting". All in all, it's nothing but the basic idea that in order to get a project done the important question is "where can you start" or "what is the next step" (also known as the Next Action of GTD, Agile's "Release Early, Release Often", etc), but even that idea is an often overlooked one, of which sometimes you need a conscious reminder. Common sense isn't that common, after all.
So I still don't know what the blog will be about. I only know about this post, and a few ideas I have drafted. Before we reach the lofty questions of purpose, let's see how we keep up with the nitty-gritty of just writing and publishing, dealing with comments and criticism (how about getting any readers in the first place?). Will something emerge as we go on? Maybe. At least I've taken the first step, which is all that counts in the end. After this there'll be a next first step, and another one, and so on (unless I decide I don't want to keep a blog after all). For now though, I'll go play some Torus Trooper. Without a speck of guilt.
20080522
First Post!
Not much to say right now since I opened this blog in a rush and gotta leave right now. I have some drafts of stuff I'll eventually get to rant about. All I'll say for now is "damn. I'm one of *them* now".
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