i am working on a separate website dedicated to my photography and web development. i’ve thought long and hard about which photos i want to feature and how i want to feature them, which topics i want to discuss, and how much i want to reveal on social media. this blog is virtually nonexistent by web definitions. the other one, not so much, eventually.

it took me 3 full days to decide on a minimalist wordpress theme that forgets itself enough to focus on the content and allow intuitive interaction with said content. i have a plan for photos: storytelling ones on the homepage, collections of other interesting ones, and whatever i want in blog posts. to add to that, i am tweeting (mostly about food but also about graphics, web dev, and typography) and i am posting photos to instagram that aren’t on the website at all. photo tweets can be of any quality or subject. photos on instagram have to be of moderate quality or be nostalgic or tell a story. i am ignoring facebook altogether. at work, i used to disseminate content automatically from blog posts to twitter and facebook, but it always bothered me that if i was truly following these sources, i would only find repetition and blah. so my goal is not necessarily to blog/tweet/post often but to blog/tweet/post meaningfully. (and still maintain a modicum of privacy if such a thing is possible.)

if you’ve followed someone like maria popova, you’ll know that real blogging takes time – lots of time. on this site, i spout whatever i want without much regard, but well-crafted words require thought, preparation, and drafts. at first, i was a little worried i wouldn’t have enough content, but i know that’s unfounded. my goal is not to tweet five times a minute or blog three times a day. my goal is simple: share relevant, curated content on a regular basis. if i were to follow me, i would like to discover a wide variety of images and ideas that form a cohesive whole. ok, now go forth and create!