As I wrote in my first post, I intend to use this space, this place, as my core personal presence on the web; to write about whatever comes to my attention that I deem worthy to share here.

And to note, at this nascent stage,  that I have not yet enabled the comments functionality cuz I first want to ‘find my feet’ and get comfortable with the technical underpinnings. In a little while, I will very much look forward to receiving your feedback.

So, apart from this blog serving (pardon the pun) as a platform for content curation — for publishing interesting links with descriptions about my own myriad interests — I will be creating a specific category named devJournal to write about, and to track by means of an open journal, my first focused Internet project, which I am currently building side-by-side with this blog.

Since finishing what was my last ‘mission’ as an international humanitarian aid worker — I’m ahead of myself here; I will be preparing a backgrounder About page that describes my previous life; but today is my charter day as a blogger and I’m keen to post my first entries — so since finishing that last contract, I have been on this sabbatical in Goa, India, doing a deep dive (on the Internet as well as in the ocean, ha ha) into the realm of project possibilities based on web opportunities.

And there are many such opportunities indeed! I must admit that the net (yes, another pun) got spread very wide as I cast about seeking what would resonate with me. There is so much hype and so many grand fortune-making promises out there. I found myself falling down several rabbit holes before coming up for air.

But now, after many twists and turns, I am breathing the fresh, clean air blown in from the ocean. In the devJournal posts to come, I will begin to describe that project, and I’ll also launch it from this blog when its ready for prime time…