Back to basics

May 19, 2009 by Dan Taylor    No Comments    Posted under: News

For quite some time now, I’ve deviated from how this humble blog started out: a collection of my interests, thoughts, etc.  Granted, a lot has changed since I started this thing way back when (I’m looking at you twitter – and oh, who’s laughing now Altchiler?), but unfortunately so did the way I ran this thing.  There are plenty of folks that I know that make money from their blog, running advertising, using affiliate links, paid blogs, etc. but to be completely honest, non of that really interests me.  I’ve spent a lot of time fiddling with fancy templates, changing this code, altering those links, and yes, it’s taught me a lot about how css and xhtml work, but I think I’ve lost sight of the prize: to put my opinions out there.  And yes, I did do a few alterations to this newest template – but no where even close to some chop jobs I’ve done with past templates.

Maybe it has something to do with one of the things I do for a living, where it’s my job to write in a way that reports the news, covers recent developments in the field, etc., but that’s not really what a personal blog should be about.  That’s not to say that if I find something interesting, I’m not going to write about it, even if it is a press release, but rather, I want this platform to stand as a location where I can simply put my thoughts out there.  If anyone is listening, great, if not…well, in the end, that’s fine too.  I’m tired of trying to be the ‘expert’ on any one specific topic, because at the end of the day, I AM one of those rare people that have a lot of interests, and luckily for me, I tend to be halfway decent at whatever I put my mind to.  With that said, this can also be a blessing and a curse, as I often feel a ‘jack of all trades’ but a master of none.  I’ll never forget the day that my high school music teacher Connie Zweifel said to me, “You’re going to have a really hard time in the future, because you’re so good at so many things, you’ll never be happy to settle on just one.”  Can I get an amen to Connie?

So I make this promise now, both to myself, and to anyone out there reading:  I’m getting back on track with turnthescrew.  This blog will no longer be about just social media topics.  It will no longer be about video.  It will no longer be about photography.  It will no longer be about design.  It will be about all of them – and more!

To those of you that have had a regular read over the years, thanks.  To those of you that may just be tuning in – welcome.