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I consistantly come to my blog knowing that the content is less than exciting. I am not much of a writer and after reading the blogs of a few friends, I realize that I am missing the point entirely. A good example of this is on the homepage of the WordPress site. It says, "WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform..."

My problem is I have totally missed the point when it comes to the publishing side of things. To me, my blog is nothing more than a made up reason to store data in a database. The whole idea of publishing content because I have something to say has been absent from my blog. While it sounds sad it really is not at all. I really enjoy blogging when I do take the time to do it. My results are nothing too exciting but I have a little fun with it so I don't mind. My blog is always a way for me to remember what I really love about computers, the Internet and programming.

I like the work. I like to get a problem or project and make a solution. The important part of that is receiving a problem. I am not one to go out and put together my own dynamic html menu system or create random designs for sites that don't exist because there is no need for it. This is probably the reason I don't spend more time blogging and doing a better job of it. If it isn't required, I don't see the need.

This sounds a little shallow but the truth is my artistic side really is there too. I enjoy being creative and I get that opportunity often with programming. But, I also have a great band that I get to create with, so I have other outlets for my more artistic side. My resolve at this point is to just blog when I want and keep the pressure low. I will try to improve my writing because that will help with other areas but as far as trying to create an audience, I will leave that to those who enjoy keeping track of hundreds of urls a day while they should be working.