https://brianrogosky.com/2021-01-28T16:03:23-05:00Technologist, Writer, Former Research Scientist2020-10-16T00:00:00-04:002021-01-28T16:03:23-05:00Brian Rogoskytag:brianrogosky.com,2020-10-16:/why-i-went-into-the-blog.html

<p>Why am I starting this blog? What's to be the purpose? What should I focus …</p>

<p>Why am I starting this blog? What's to be the purpose? What should I focus on? I should start with a favorite quote from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2690-i-went-to-the-woods-because-i-wished-to-live">Henry David Thoreau</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms...</p> </blockquote> <p>First and foremost, this will be a blog about my other aspiration: creative writing. Along the way, since I'm also at heart a software engineer, you'll see posts on various software techniques and on the software industry more broadly.</p> <p>These two endeavors are not opposed to each other or mutually exclusive. I see software development as a creative outlet, on equal but quite different footing than creative writing. Humans may be better at understanding, but computers are very good at giving instant feedback.</p> <p>We shall see if I can convince you that language is language, whether it is English or Java: I see creativity and expression in both, and a bit of art if done well.</p>