First time, I jumped in head first without a plan nor a goal. I had been working on my own website (a precursor to this one) in order to improve my web–design skills. As part of the process I hand–coded a CMS in PHP. It began as nothing more than a learning exercise, but before I knew it the code had somehow morphed into a fledgling blog.

So it began. I had a website, I had a blog. What else was I to do but start posting content?

Without direction I began to concoct articles regarding any and all topics on which I could throw together 500 words. I jumped from posts on web design, a topic about which I know very little, to ill–conceived attempts to promulgate my opinion on the superiority of Linux over Windows.

In due course my enthusiasm for the blog failed and the site became stale. So ended by first attempt at blogging.

Several years later I found myself inspired by the work of a friend and decided that I should have another crack at blogging.  The same site was treated to a redesign, this time using WordPress and a customised version of the wonderful Hemingway theme as a basis for the style, and I put together a posting plan to keep my efforts on track.

This worked well for me and my posts continued to arrive at a daily pace for a month or so. The frequency at which content appeared slowed in month two, and again in month three. By the fourth month I found myself uninspired and uninterested. Yet again the site grew stale and eventually died a quiet death. In the words of T. S. Eliot:

This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

Behind me I have two failed attempts at blogging— one of which was entered into with my eyes open— so why then am I trying to write a blog for a third time? This is but one of the questions that I intend to explore in the coming weeks.

For now, this post is my understated return to the blogosphere. As much as I hate the word, I’m excited to be back. Again. (Again again.)

All feedback and thoughts on any aspect of the site would be gratefully received. In the meantime, I’ll try and work on writing something that is worth talking about.