So, after almost 7 years of running the jimdrewes.com website, I finally decided I might as well put up a blog too. Part of the motivation to do this was the fact that I got tired of people hitting jimdrewes.com classic, and telling me that they “read my blog.” Well, that was never a blog.
The original jimdrewes.com was an early foray into web development (specifically PHP development, and later Ruby on Rails) while I was still in college. It turned into a place where my friends and I exchanged stories, links, and personal news. I often had to moderate the content to make sure I was willing to have my name associated with the general direction things were heading – and I didn’t like having to do that. So, I have a blog now. These are my thoughts alone. I may not have written the software to power the site, but at least I have a more professional outlet to collect my thoughts, ideas, and interests.
The classic jimdrewes.com website will remain. It will likely move to classic.jimdrewes.com, and www.jimdrewes.com will become a landing page. Right now I’m in the process of moving everything over to my new server, so there will be more to say as I progress.
If people read this blog – cool. If not – cool. Hopefully in 7 years I’ll be able to go back to the blog.jimdrewes.com archives and get a chuckle out of what I find valuable today – just as right now I can look back and find amusement in the fact that we thought “Ultimate Foosball” was the greatest idea we had ever developed. (It still is pretty sweet. I just haven’t played in years).