My Blog-Fav

Having been a web worker for the past year, working mostly from my home and local cafes, as well as from out-of-state and abroad, I have grown to really appreciate the commentary on www.webworkerdaily.com. Blogging on everything from software apps (offline and online), working styles, gear, personal organization and communications, and much more, Web Worker Daily focuses on the daily life of all types of web workers - whether you work corporate from afar like me, or you consult/contract work for your own personal business in web design/development/graphic design/etc. This is a great daily blog site for inspiration, motivation and just plain fun.

http://www.webworkerdaily.com

Down with "The Music Man" - RIAA

Here's a great article on the witch-hunting of the greedy Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), posted on The Luddite, by Tony Long. This commentary does not discuss the legality (or illegality, rather) of violating copyright law by distributing music files online. The topic of this discourse focuses on the "Thieves stealing from thieves" where RIAA represents the people in the music industry that play no part in the music itself, yet reap all the rewards at the artists' expense. It also informs that some music artists are moving to a direct-publishing business model where they create, publish and distribute their music themselves, cutting out the middlemen.

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/theluddite/2007/10/luddite_1011

Gotta get started somewhere...

So I finally decided to start a personal blog. It's amazing it took this long, but I guess you gotta start somewhere.

I'm getting to the point in life where I feel the constant need to produce only "worthwhile" ventures - not to waste my precious time on little silly projects, like a personal blog. But it's these little silly projects where true innovation and creativity can spawn. I have to continue to remind myself to work hard at having fun, and to not be so serious all the time...

So here's to the kid in all of us... and this blog to the kid in me :)

First post... done!