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January 05, 2005

Hello, blogworld!

Hello, blogworld! Welcome to my spout, where you might get a glimpse of what goes on in the mind of the World's Biggest Repository of Useless Information, moi. I'll write about random interesting things I run into during my life as a yuppie in New York. You might read here about a tech nugget I think is cool. You might read my take on a book I am reading right now. You might hear about my opinion about some news item or current event. You might be asked to give your opinion on something I write. Or you might get to see me vent, in a good or bad way, about something going on in my life.

Why a blog?

2004 was the Year of the Blog. I started a blog when I moved to New York in early 2004, but that petered out quickly because it was on a free blogging site and because I was involved in an intensive training program at work. With this blog, it's different. It's attached to my domain, my personal presence on the Web. What's more, I seem to have more time on my hands now than last year. I'll try and blog as often as I can. As some of my friends would agree, I am phenomenally bad at keeping in touch. Blogging is a good way for people that I am not regularly in touch with to still get a flavor of what's going on in my life. I am also trying to improve my writing skills to the level of a decent creative writer. Blogging will hopefully give me enough practice that I can write short stories of my own. I am also phenomenally bad at keeping records of my life. I fear that one day, 40 years from now, I will have absolutely no idea how I spent my 20s. This blog, hopefully, will be a legacy unto my future self.

Posted by Vishy at January 5, 2005 01:33 AM

Comments

Looks like you're a creative writer already :). Looking forward to reading many future entries!

Posted by: Lavanya at January 4, 2005 10:09 PM

Hey, if you want this to be your legacy to your future self - are you sure that at the age of 40 you'll want to be reading your opinions on Perl?!?
How about some exciting stories about NY nightlife? ;)

(Says the girl who took the C book with her for some light reading over winter break)

Posted by: Karolina at January 9, 2005 06:12 PM