I’ve been putting off writing my first article for this blog for some time now, and I finally decided that today is the day. It’s a fitting time, since I’m leaving in just a few days for a month long backpacking journey through Europe, and I can’t think of a better place to post pictures and stories about my travels that nobody other than myself will care to read.
Purpose
As any good entrepreneur knows, any venture that you embark on needs purpose—that is, a defining and meaningful reason to exist, and a blog is no different. So I’ll begin by defining the purpose of this blog.
I build web applications. I love the Internet. Never has an invention done more to democratize opportunity than the Internet. Anyone, anywhere in the world with a computer and Internet access can start a company selling just about anything, and reach a global audience with very little starting capital.
I’m so passionate about starting businesses on the Internet that I often lie awake in bed until the wee hours of the morning hashing out and rehashing my ideas for the next killer app. I never seem to have a shortage of ideas for startups, some good, some bad. I do, however, have a shortage of time to implement my ideas, and so most of the time, they just sit around collecting dust on the shelf. And ideas, both good and bad, deserve to be shared.
I’m also a big believer in two principles:
- The more times you communicate your idea to people around you, the more likely it is to become a reality.
- The more you give just for the sake of giving, the more you get in return.
In a world that values intellectual property, patents, and secrecy, I intend to share my ideas with you, the reader, and I invite you to comment on them, critique them, bash them, praise them, take them and do it for yourself, share your ideas with me, or even collaborate with me on a project.
Secondary purpose
I build web applications in Ruby on Rails, and have built up about 3 years worth of experience and knowledge in the framework, so I intend to use this blog to share my own experiences and solutions with the Rails community. I’ve taken so much from the community, and it’s time I give back.
