So, I’ve got a blog. The reason is pretty simple – I can’t find anyone who will pay for my tech writing. Every site and magazine that ever paid for my work is essentially out of business. Aside from the terrible economy in general I suspect that what’s really killed the market for my writing is people writing for free on their blogs.  So, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.
This isn’t really my first blog though – I used to write semi-regularly in my journal at perl.org but that doesn’t seem worth continuing. I no longer program in Perl exclusively – my latest project is all Python and I spend at least 90% of my day-job hours on it. Much like my Perl journal I intend to keep this blog mostly technical – if you want to know about my cats you’ll have to find me on Facebook.
Next up, an exciting article about reverse-engineering precinct maps during the 2008 election!