Come Sail Away

Irony and Blogging

I had a realization today while going about my daily routine on the internet. (It consists of digg.com, pinkninjastudios, revision3, and various news feeds in no particular order) I had come across a story about a new twitter-like social network the name of which isn’t important. I was immediately compelled to register and begin posting but I held myself back. I investigated this impulse further and realized what I really wanted to do was create something and put it on the web. It would suit me better to actually design a new social network or blog site rather than join another. Not that I have any skills to actually to create a blog network from scratch, I just have overwhelming desire to use the internet to be creative. Everyday I look at podcasts like Revision3’s, which are very well-funded and successful, and Pink Ninja Studios’, which are quality productions (especially for the grassroots effort behind them) but just haven’t seemed to hit it big yet. I don’t believe “hitting it big” to be their main goal, but these guys put alot of heart into their work and I want to see them succeed.

These podcasts are all examples of the new generation of media and I want to get on that train.