November 2009 Archives

As a "professional" working in the world of business applications, I have often wondered what people are interested in learning from this perspective.  Both in terms of philosophical and technical.  

Hello, my name is Chuck Williams. 

Things I am:

• Father of 3 daughters & Husband (of 1, "X" to none)
• A "Senior Software Architect"
  

Those 2 things eat about 90% of my waking life.  With the remaining 10%, I:

• Explore new ways of doing business through books, and personal experimentation
  
• Investigate spirituality through books and personal experimentation
• eat, sleep, and fulfill other biological necessities.

I find myself asking myself "Self, why are you even doing this blog?"

I can come up with more than a few justifiable reasons, but the immediately available ones include:

• I think my ego needs an outlet, and I'd like to focus on reducing that need (and the associated ego).
• I like to share things I learned.
• I think I have experienced a lot of pain in business and software, and I believe that pain is a great teacher, which leads me to believe I have a lot to offer the business and software industry.
• There's some part of me that thinks, very simply, that it should and must be done.  Oddly - this is simultaneously the most ambiguous and strongest factor in my final decision.

So - to the blogosphere at large I say "Greetings, hello, and go easy on me, I'm new at this..."