Starting to blog again

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Wow it has been a long time. I seem to like writing that sentence as I sort of wrote it in the last post. This time however it is true.

I have apparently had this blog since the beginning of 2007 and so far have about 33 posts (not including this one). What has really happened is I have often rebooted this blog and deleted all my posts. I guess I don't like a digital trail into my past or something. That or I am not a believer in the long tail.

Anyway I think I am going to get back into it as lets be honest winter is a good time to code and write blogs posts. It is nearly winter.

I would say this year so far I have been pretty unproductive in producing things to show. I have done a fair bit of learning and prototyping just nothing has stuck, in some case that was because of my lack of skill when it comes to artwork but honestly it was more down to what has seemed like a series of life event that just got in the way. Each one was fairly minor in scope but sapped productivity on the project I was working on. Once momentum was lost I tended to move to the next project.

The past month my motivation has picked up, I have taken a dive into the Dart programming language which feels pretty good. I have reworked on of my websites voyagingmind.com and will publish the site soon. It looks the same but is now built with one simple python script. This will keep maintenance low but updates to is easy. 

Yep I am focused on simplifying and clearing resistance to doing things.

I am on a TV diet. Netflicks was starting to take over. Finally I decided it was time to start blogging again.

I have noted in the past I am much more productive when I blog compared with when I don't. I am not setting any goals or anything like that but I am committing to completing things I start. This means keeping things small and manageable and perhaps keep a list of achievements.

I have also made a number of other small changes to my lifestyle that should hopefully help with my productivity. I am sure I will get to those in future posts.

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