Hidden In The Womb: A Noob Blogger

As it has been a while since I blogged, I thought I better type a wee update, if nothing but for practice.

It feels a relief to be able to genuinely say that “I’m writing for myself”. Being a noob writer, blogger and website owner / developer /thingamabob is fun with it’s ‘beginner’ challenges. Ah, such is life: having to learn from one’s own mistakes etcetera. etcetera.

Noob, I like that word (even though it appears this spelling of newbie has not been accepted by the official Gods of Language). It sort of looks like an elongated version of nob and seems to sit well with my silly male ego as well as the metaphorical theme these titles are following (impregnation, growth and uncertainty of development).

I’ve been thinking a lot about the website and this blog, what it actually means and what I want it to be (but not too much!). I want to tie together interests so that this blog can actually be about something coherent, rather than me raving on about its development. And harping on about this makes me realise I’m writing about, for all it’s worth, nothing.

And that not very interesting, is it?

Hidden In The Womb: A Noob Blogger

As it has been a while since I blogged, I thought I better type a wee update, if nothing but for practice.

It feels a relief to be able to genuinely say that “I’m writing for myself”. Being a noob writer, blogger and website owner / developer /thingamabob is fun with it’s ‘beginner’ challenges. Ah, such is life: having to learn from one’s own mistakes etcetera. etcetera.

Noob, I like that word (even though it appears this spelling of newbie has not been accepted by the official Gods of Language). It sort of looks like an elongated version of nob and seems to sit well with my silly male ego as well as the metaphorical theme my titles are following (impregnation, growth and uncertainty of development).

I’ve been thinking a lot about the website and this blog, what it actually means and what I want it to be (but not too much!). I want to tie together interests so that this blog can actually be about something coherent, rather than me raving on about its development. And harping on about this makes me realise I’m writing about, for all its worth, nothing.

And that not very interesting, is it?

Hidden In The Womb: A Noob Blogger

As it has been a while since I blogged, I thought I better type a wee update, if nothing but for practice.

It feels a relief to be able to genuinely say that “I’m writing for myself”. Being a noob writer, blogger and website owner / developer /thingamabob is fun with it’s ‘beginner’ challenges. Ah, such is life: having to learn from one’s own mistakes etcetera. etcetera.

Noob, I like that word (even though it appears this spelling of newbie has not been accepted by the official Gods of Language). It sort of looks like an elongated version of nob and seems to sit well with my silly male ego as well as the metaphorical theme my titles are following (impregnation, growth and uncertainty of development).

I’ve been thinking a lot about the website and this blog, what it actually means and what I want it to be (but not too much!). I want to tie together interests so that this blog can actually be about something coherent, rather than me raving on about its development. And harping on about this makes me realise I’m writing about, for all its worth, nothing.

And that not very interesting, is it?

Hidden In The Womb: A Noob Blogger

As it has been a while since I blogged, I thought I better type a wee update, if nothing but for practice.

It feels a relief to be able to genuinely say that “I’m writing for myself”. Being a noob writer, blogger and website owner / developer /thingamabob is fun with it’s ‘beginner’ challenges. Ah, such is life: having to learn from one’s own mistakes etcetera. etcetera.

Noob, I like that word (even though it appears this spelling of newbie has not been accepted by the official Gods of Language). It sort of looks like an elongated version of nob and seems to sit well with my silly male ego as well as the metaphorical theme my titles are following (impregnation, growth and uncertainty of development).

I’ve been thinking a lot about the website and this blog, what it actually means and what I want it to be (but not too much!). I want to tie together interests so that this blog can actually be about something coherent, rather than me raving on about its development. And harping on about this makes me realise I’m writing about, for all its worth, nothing.

And that not very interesting, is it?

Curious And Curiouser: Expansion of the Embryo

Recently, I’ve been making a website to promote my creative projects, with the added twist of putting my livelihood on the line.

The main idea behind my website is to take a huge risk and pursue what I enjoy, rather than continue in my current career, which I don’t entirely enjoy. This means exchanging the security of a well-paid and regular income for ‘The Writer’s Struggle’. Currently, I’ve only written a few songs, but want to branch out into poetry and fiction writing. I really am starting from scratch: the best relief for any itch!

I hope that this premise and uncertainty will prove interesting enough for others to follow my real-life character, and get to know me along this path of likely failures and possible success. In fact, I am optimistic that people will even get involved, proving to be helper characters, or even villans. What will happen will certainly boil down to readership, if the blog goes down this path.

Can I, using the internet alone, eventually generate the same level of overnight ’success’ as say, a reality t.v. show? Is it possible?

I’m still exploring and expanding the idea behind my website and myself. As I continue to develop my website (it’s not yet ready for public release), I have considered shifting my blog to a popular blog space, such as wordpress. It took a while to get an activation link but I am here now, to try it out.

Follow along to see what happens. Find me on twitter!

Evil Teratogens

In view of the importance to future-proof the site (thereby avoiding all this unhealthy expenditure of time going to waste) and promote it in the future, I’ve not only been looking into joining a popular blogging service but have also signed up to the Twitter phenomenon.

I shouldn’t be so surprised at all, that others have already used johariwindow as a Twitter user name. I encountered similar problems when signing up to google mail and most recently, a wordpress blog space. It then occurred to me that some other folks may already have a band called Johari Window. A few seconds on My Space revealed just that. Now I don’t want to get sued or tread on anyones toes, or bite thumbs, or fight big business tycoons or anything like that. Note that I’m not alluding to delusions of grandeaur and instant commercial success with my scratchy twanging; I’m simply future-proofing, remember, for the happenstance that I find the ellusive voice and attract attention amongst the cacophony.

So there is a slight change from ‘Johari Window’ to ’1 Johari Window’, reflecting the vastness of the model. I imagine everyones four paned window, with the last pane, the great unknown, collective unconcious, melting into one large pool.

Abstract Conception

My head is full of abstract ideas this morning. I didn’t sleep well last night. Perhaps, that has something to do with it. I am uncertain. This all seems to strike a chord with the Johari Window concept, if I could just tie them together.

I have been thinking of this blog thing. At the moment, I know that nobody else is reading it. This is how I want it until I have something to say. I am, after all, writing for myself, as the cliche would have me say. This surely, is part of the writer’s struggle: finding something to say and having a coherent voice in the wordisphere.

Since looking into the idea of blogging, it has become apparent to me, that I may need to move this blog to one of the popular services for several reasons. One such reason is to have compatibility with a journal application I use, to enable direct posting from within the software.

Unhealthy Embryonic Obsession

My ideas for the purpose of this site grow. I can’t believe how obsessed I’m getting: learning all this stuff, hunting suitable icons on google, tweaking code here and there and finding out what works and what doesn’t. I’ve just realised that I’ve wasted a day inside, when it’s sunny outside, and I’m hungry inside and beard-sporting outside. I haven’t read any more of the book I’ve been reading (which was my obsession before this). This is unhealthy. I must snack and go out now and enjoy some time in the sun, even just to look at real people instead of icons and code. The geek in me grows.

Womb Of Construction

This is my first blog ever! This website is under construction. It follows on from building a wedding website for our forthcoming celebrations next year. Having been inspired by that, I thought I’d get more ambitious and try out some other tricks. In the cultural sea of me-ness, this website will be a place for me to publicise my creative endeavours.

Yesterday an multi-track MP3 player was tested out. Today flash & CSS horizontal menu is being developed. The menu is almost complete, with fancy flashing buttons: just need to add it to other pages.

Previous rough recordings added. Something went wrong and playlist had dead links in it. SoI had to redo that. It might be an idea to look into how to make a playlist file since if I want to just add one song, I need to add the whole lot individually.

Anyway all pages need more content. The lyrics page & more page are still to be developed.

This is Johari Window in the womb.