But first, an abbreviated background. One of the biggest mistakes I made in taking down my blog was the loss of a rapidly growing readership. I saw hits to my blog explode as I documented my application process to Brown University, where I eventually was accepted and am now a senior nearing graduation. My emotional and sometimes way-to-honest posts got me noticed by both The Brown Daily Herald and the Brown Alumni Magazine. (By the way, for a really embarrassing quote, see the end of the Brown Daily Herald article; my mom had told me before the phone interview to be gracious - that’s what came out.)

Always the nerd, I have put together various websites since elementary school. (Yeah, I’m that cool.) My first experience with blogging came in the form of a now-defunct, but fantastic piece of software called Greymatter in high school. I moved on to LiveJournal for some reason, then to a blog hosted at the University of Minnesota, and finally to my own installation of MovableType.

Near the end of 2004, I began posting almost daily about my daily life, college application process, politics, culture, and anything else. I eventually saw my blog fade out as I began my freshman year, though I did briefly resurrect it the following summer on WordPress, the fantastic software I’m using now. Many of these old posts have been saved in one form or another in a slew of somewhat difficult to translate backups, so I look forward to perhaps dropping a few in here or there for fun.

So, we return to today. As you can see, I’ve resolved to restart my presence in the blogosphere. My goal will not be a daily posting routine; instead, I will be putting out a high-quality article once or twice a week. My focus will be a combination of personal writing, how-tos, and commentary on politics, technology, consumerism, and culture. I’m going to make a conscious effort to stay away from language or content that I might regret later on - and keep employer-related matters off the table. While I’ve considered trying an anonymous blog to give myself free-range, it seems to be ineffective at concealing yourself and makes it difficult to come across as open and honest to a readership (that I hope to eventually rebuild, since I know nobody is reading this right now!).

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