Well, it’s finally here! I’m making this post my “launch post” after too many weekends spent poking around finding the right blog software and template for my blog. I have had this problem whenever I approached something with deeper knowledge… getting started is harder because of the “I can do this better” or “I can do this myself” syndrome. Since I knit, I would often put off buying a sweater in a store, since I knew I could knit it, and when I used to throw pottery, I would admire a fine piece of work and add it to my list of project “to dos” instead of simply buying the dang thing. Same deal with necklaces and earrings (although I’ve made some pretty cool pieces for myself).
So, why should it be different with creating a blog? I work at Google, so of course the first stop should be Blogger, and I tried it out. (I’ll probably see if I can port my two previous posts over to this blog.) Blogger was fine for basic needs, but Word Press just has such amazingly cool features and all that great open-development collective love. I need it: geek love, that is. So, that choice finally made, I went on to explore the WP templates. (The rest of this post is mostly geeky ponderings, so click the More link and be warned!) Continue reading Launching the Blog