revjim.net

Yes, it's that time again. That time where I bitch about my web presence and how it annoys me.

I want this website to die. I should elaborate "this website" since I have no idea where you're reading this from. I want revjim.net to die.

The name is nice. I've had it forever. It ties my past with my present even if it often gets confused with the singer of the Reverend Horton Heat or some character in a TV Show, Taxi, which I've never seen. I guess I just want the content to die.

No. That isn't it. There is some really good content here. There is also some real crap that I'd like to keep for historical purposes but, that I don't really have any desire to showcase. So I guess I want the content to live, I just want the container to die.

Yeah. That's it. I want the container to die. I want all of the content to be spread out and sorted and placed into nice neat little stacks.

I'm well on my way to building that first stack: Photography. I've got my photoblog, Arranging Light, and I've got my professional site, DJamesPhoto.com, should I ever choose to use it for anything useful.

There are other buckets of Daniel I'd like to have.

1) Photos (as mentioned above)
2) Friends: things only my friends will care about. Memes and surveys, party announcements, etc. The social side of an online presence.
3) Technical Matters: I've really slacked here lately, with so many other things going on. I want to write about programming, and software, and gadgets, and mobile technology, and all of these things. You know, just like everyone else. I want to do so with my name on it proudly so that, in looking for a job, I could point someone there.
4) Life, Love, Art: I want to write poetry, record songs, share photos, and talk about my troubles and joys as a 30-something male. I want to talk about fatherhood and married life. I want to provide insight into my own life in a touching way that is meaningful to others, and maybe meet some new people through that.

#1 is cared for.

#2 is difficult because there are so many social sites and I have friends scattered amongst them all. I'm inclined to either just use LiveJournal, just use Facebook, or have my own website that syndicates in full to these websites.

#3 is simple enough. Make a website. If you build it they will come. This is complicated, however, by the fact that the majority of my existing work in this category is buried somewhere in the cruft of revjim.net. At one point in the past I moved everything from LiveJournal into revjim.net and that was a mistake. If I could undo that, I'd be headed in the right direction.

#4 is simple enough too. Make a website. If you build it they will come. The tough part is deciding where to make it. Should it part of revjim.net or should it be it's own thing. It makes the most sense to put it all out on the line in one place (maybe with different categories). But, at the same time, do I really want a prospective employer reading about diaper changes, nudity with wreckless abandon, and sappy poetry about the shadow of a tree in the moonlight?

I know. I've been here before. But, if you have any thoughts, I'd love to hear them. Even you, Justin, when you say "Just Write".