Putting the Cart before the Horse Link to heading
So, this isn’t the first website I’ve ever thrown together. Nor the first blog. Not even the first blog built using a static site generator…
A few years ago (I’d love to say a couple, but I’m scared it’s now far more…), I registered the domain granthutchison.com, not only because vanity domains are cool, but because I wanted to carve out a little corner of the internet to write and play.
What, so I like Orange…
That might have been my first mistake.
I built the site using Jekyll, then spent ages getting the site to look and function just as I wanted it. I had great fun doing this and ended up with a nice responsive site that looked pretty good (at least I thought so!).
The problem was, I didn’t have anything to write. So after uploading the site, I updated it maybe twice, before leaving it sitting for years.
Now, maybe I should clarify for those who don’t know me - I’m a terrible introvert. That might actually be more of a surprise to those that do know me actually, but the thought of people reading anything I’ve written fills me with anxiety.
The thing is, I did have a few ideas about the ‘play’ side of things - I wanted to try to make a few small javascript based apps, to play with different frameworks and put together a wee portfolio… I just never got round to doing much more than getting any of these past 50% done…
“why the hell are you doing this again then?” Link to heading
Yeah, that’s the real question isn’t it?
I’ve again gone and built a site without a real plan for what to actually do with it (this time using Hugo ). But I do have some thoughts.
So - I think I should write some stuff - I think it’s good for me to turn my mind off a little from work, family, the ache in every part of my body as I slowly work my way towards my place in eternity (wow… got a little dark there…). Despite the awful anxiety, I do enjoy putting my thoughts together on a page. There are also some things I’d quite like to write about - I’ve gone back to mountain biking again after over a decade away from it (and I’m loving every minute so far!). I drive an electric car (like some kind of tree hugging hippy) and would love to share my experiences of that with The World.
I’m also getting close to finally finishing my Open University degree - I really should keep a bit of a learning journal as I progress my final project and doing it online might be of some benefit to others at some point.
…and I even have some thoughts for more little projects that I’ll probably never finish…