I’ve been waiting all day to write an entry. I should learn to just satiate my need to blog and get it over with. There is really no reason that I deserve this break. I have been working now for nearly 6 hours and have been able to produce a page and a half of notes for my I501 Social Informatics paper. The thing that really sucks is that I thought I would enjoy the topic immensely, but now that I sit down to contemplate the task I am somewhat bored. Here’s the question: How will Social Informatics affect my career?

Well Josh, you say, isn’t it blatantly obvious? Not only will SI build a framework for your future designs, but it will work to define the boundaries in which your users expect to work. I know, I know…it seems so simple, but at the same time I cannot for the life of me think of interesting examples to write about. Blech…I give up. Perhaps I’ll throw together a second stage outline in a bit, and give myself a chance to write it up tomorrow…

So the publication of this media has commenced. Before today I had been keeping my blog under wraps, as a secret forum in which I could practice my writing skills. Now it gets interesting. I think I’m hooked on adding entries, but now that others will be reading, they’ll have to be higher quality.

One could say that I am in a Beta phase of the project. The work is not ready for mass publication, but you can use it at your own risk. Either way, if you’ve found your way here, thanks for visiting. Leave a comment on what you think and I’ll approve it if I know you. At this point, there should only be about 2 people who know about the site, so remember, I know where you live.

As time progresses, I will invite others to view the site, eventually leading to mass publication on the School of Informatics Grad Student Blogs page. At that point I should be sufficiently hooked on blogging, and creating interesting writings regularly. We’ll see how long it will take to get there.

I have decided to think of rules to guide my writing. I’m sure more will pop up over time, but I have come up with my first:

Rule 1: When writing for a public audience, never admit that you are boring.

If I break that rule, then I’m only beating myself over my own head. Calling oneself dumb in front of others is never a good proposition. Let them make their own judgements. If you are bored by me, no one is forcing you to come back. More rules to come…

Hey, if you’ve never been to Chipotle.com check it out. Pretty interesting website. I don’t think many people are using as creative means as the designers of that site.

Check out the Anoto Pen. If you decide to buy one of these for me as a gift, I would be immensely happy. I just think it’s a really cool technology, with major implications for future designs. I’ll comment further at a later date.

This is getting a bit long, and at this point I think I could have written most of my 3-5 page paper. I’ll see you tomorrow (or perhaps sooner if I get bored with my work…).