Ampers & Dot

So my blog has a comment already! (thanks, Drew) and it was so good that I’m devoting a response post to it. Hopefully, I’ll eventually have some people reading this, so that there will be more comments and thus, more ideas of things to write about, but until then- let’s get to today’s topic- the justification of creating a tech blog these days.

First, read Drew’s response to my post from yesterday for a frame of reference. What I want to debate specifically are his responses to #3 – Although my original statement was only about start-ups… Drew is completely on-point to call me out on this. Basically how I’m adding to the overgrown world of start-ups and useless web stuff by creating yet another tech blog.

3. I think you creating this site backs that statement up (not that it isn’t cool or anything).

Exactly. Ironic, right?: talking about the over population of start-ups in 2007 by using a blog as a medium… I may as well go on to use the terms “Blogosphere” and “web 2.0” as often as possible in this post (but for sanity’s sake, I won’t).

So here are five justifying reasons for me releasing yet another tech-related blog onto the web during a time when nearly half of Technorati’s top 100 tracked blogs are web/tech-centric:

• I’m not from, nor have I ever been to Silicon Valley, and that gives me an advantage in providing a new viewpoint on technology stories.
• Although I have a vast appreciation for Apple (and will be disowned by my family if I say otherwise), I’m not swept up in the new hype and I won’t be posting about it all the time- by contrast, I love Windows Mobile and there is actually a surprisingly small amount of coverage of WinMo world within blogs.
• I consult on blogs for tech companies for a living and it was getting embarrassing not being able to direct people somewhere to read up on my “expertise”.
• I actually know what I’m talking about (to a certain extent…) and I need a place to talk to other people about tech stuff.
• Irony is funny. And I hope we can all laugh at that someday.

Now that I’ve come up with those, I realize these aren’t the most persuasive argument. So here’s the main one: It will be fun. For me. I love this stuff, I enjoy writing, and I’m glad to have a place to be able to write about stuff I love. The real question will be- who’s going to read yet another tech blog? . . . hopefully I’ll figure that one out soon.

So there- I have a blog. About tech. And with all the choices of tech blogs out there- I’m pretty psyched you’ve decided to read mine.

Check back later as I’ll be addressing Drew’s comment on #1 - the overvaluation of Facebook.