Vrooooom…
Or as programmers like to say: Hello World! After spending so much time investigating the blog engines out there I thought a “vrooom” might be a better title for this, the start-up post.
Although my favorite technical environment would be Django and Python, and Socialist Software has made a decent implementation of the WordPress K2 theme using Django, I still opted for a real WordPress installation so I can get used the the full power of a mature blog software. At least this way, when the itch of not running on Django gets too noticable, I know how to scratch it 
I plan to write on subjects that matter to me at any given time, syndicating the whole or parts of the site (using tags) to other places. This include:
- General business, management, agile software development, and human resources issues relating to Exoweb, the outsourced software research & development firm I founded and am still working in. This will be syndicated to the Exoweb planet site when it is ready.
- Technology issues, generally open source, and mostly relating to web application development using Ajax, Django, Python, or Ruby on Rails. A post or two on Mac or Linux might sneak in as well, as I’m quite fond of the Unix family of operating systems. These posts may be syndicated to other technology sites once I figure out which ones and how to do it.
- Impressions on the incredible place I live in–Beijing, China–or memories of the even stranger place I come from–Havøysund, Norway. It’d be nice if there were some RSS aggregators for these communities.
- Ideas on personal development and lifehacking. I’m blessed with good sense of logic, but cursed with bad long-term memory. Without systems I just can’t deal with all the stuff thrown at me.
- Personal experiences that I want to share with friends and family. Pictures will be posted to my beorn flickr account.
Don’t hesitate to get back to me with comments. I expect the more feedback I get, the more I’ll write. We humans are funny that way.
Thanks for reading! This blog is on the roll…!