(This slackery right here is why I didn’t commit to posting something every day.   So: Now I’ll commit to two posts a week and see where that goes.)

I just realized that I can use the “Pages” area off there to the right to aggregate links that I’ve been saving in text files and bookmarks on a few computers, and that way I can keep them public and centralized without having to post links in the blog all the time.

I’m starting with mapping links, later I’ll add other pages for interesting wisdom-of-the-crowds-type projects and another for international diary/storytelling projects.

Okay, it’s time to start this off.

Why am I starting a web-log? Here’s what I’m thinking:

• I feel that I’ve become less introspective over the last few years. I like the idea of journaling as a way of collecting my thoughts, and having the journal be public as a way to keep me actually writing in it.
• If I actually follow through with this, and find as I regularly collect my thoughts that those thoughts are boring, then I’ve learned something valuable and can start paying more attention to things that are interesting to me.
• If, on the other hand, my collection of thoughts is fascinating, then I can become a celebrated essayist. With the extra funds that I collect from my lecture circuit and associated merchandise, I will buy a beach house where my wife and I will have large family gatherings and which will, centuries from now, be declared an historic landmark. Religions will be formed. Far-future pilgrims will come away with visions that inspire them to do good in the world. Peace and joy will reign, eternally. …I have some further plans, but let me work on achieving this much before describing the more fanciful stuff.

I’m considering making a promise that I’ll post at least something here every day, but let me try doing it for a few days before committing.