First post brought to you by Twitter and the Standby Symbol

I owe the fact that I have a blog now to Twitter. If I hadn’t joined twitter and started following interesting people, I would not have been inspired to create a forum for my own thoughts. It’s fun to be able to share ideas and links through Twitter, but it’s impossible to develop thoughts through that medium. I could post links to other people’s sites and comment on other people’s sites, but this felt a bit hollow. Wouldn’t it be better to put my thoughts on my site rather than other people’s sites, where I have no cohesive presence?

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