What is this blog about?

The digital revolution has arrived, and blogs are a dime a dozen these days. Where once blogging was limited to those who knew how to use html code, we now find a vast field of do-it-yourself journalists taking advantage of easy to use templates. Everyone has their own digital soapbox that they can express themselves with. And so you find my blog among the masses. Here you will find articles and commentary on what I find to be most interesting in our world as we know it. Art, culture, science and tech...all of it meshes into a kaleidoscope of color and thought on an LCD canopy.

I have been inspired by a couple of blogs that I am not ashamed to admit I am addicted to, namely Boing Boing and Gizmodo. Both of these web sites can be described as a 'directory of wonderful things', and so it is my hope that this blog emulates their example. I would not call myself a writer by any means, however I do have opinions and I do plan to share them with you, my enraptured readers. I believe that an engaging dialogue between reader and editor is key to a successful blog. Toward that end I hope you choose to be an active participant in this experiment, and I would ask you to respect the boundaries of common courtesy. Please accept my thank you in advance for your cooperation!

I think it is fascinating that people have taken to becoming professional bloggers. This is a relatively new career option and one that is still being ferreted out. None the less, there are many people who have taken to their keyboards and now make considerable sums of money doing exactly what I am doing right now (only better). Another contribution of the blogosphere is the creation of a platform in which individuals can gain a respectable amount of fame or influence, sometimes competing head to head with national news organizations or media programs. I am loathe to point out Perez Hilton as a prime example, but would be remiss if my girlfriend found out otherwise. Perhaps Matthew Drudge of The Drudge Report is a better example, as he was the blogger to first break the story on the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal. Michael Geist, a law professor involved in fighting for our collective digital rights, is another example. He is a person that I respect immensely and would not know about otherwise save for his blog and the other blogs that follow him.

The way that we view the world and how we learn about it has never changed so much so fast in all of history. I think this is mostly because we have all of the world's knowledge right at our finger tips just a few clicks away. We can all use the internet to better ourselves, entertain ourselves, enrich ourselves, or cause harm to ourselves. It is still a free medium and we are still free to pick our pleasure (though for how much longer it remains free is a topic of much debate). It is my hope that with this blog you will find coverage on a little bit of all the above and at the same time find yourself engaged enough to contribute to it.