Gavin Baker

I was reading some Peter Kim recently and he had a post about taxonomy of content that I really liked.

Instead of the classic Forrester ladder – he breaks it down into those who make it, break it, and take it (also fake it). I’m drawn to this model because deep inside I’m a simple man.  I like things that rhyme, it’s easy for me to visualize and perhaps the biggest reason is that it gives me an out.

Yep, an out.  His breakdown helps me to know that I don’t have to be awesome like he is (crazy but true).   Because I’m the guy that reads stuff like Peter’s (insert any other A list blogger) and am fully wow’d by the thought and ability to time and time again stand at the plate and make solid contact. Not always homeruns, but rarely striking out.  So he gives me hope.

His post is pithy, so I won’t quote it but check it out.

image credit: Mr. Cardinal

So it’s been a long while since I’ve blogged at all. But don’t call it a comeback I’ve been using twitter like a maniac, but have steered clear of blogging.  The reason was two fold, first I didn’t have the time.  I was rapidly adapting to learning how to transition to the CEO of Abunga.  This was the first time I’ve had that much responsibility, and I was taking a crash course in learning how to be CEO, COO and CFO at once – needless to say, better men then me have done that (and more) and blogged their entire experience.  I on the other hand was so thrashed some days leaving the office I could barely have a normal conversation, much less write intelligent and witty posts to delight, challenge and amuse you.

Second, I had a change in communication preference.  I began to detest writing (typing). My inbox seemed to have turned into an endless sea of messages all needing thoughtful responses. Now of course I know that I’m not alone here, but this was a new thing for me.  I started grow weary at the thought of writing anything mildly longer than 140 characters.  Of course I responded to the emails that needed messages to be longer then that, but even though I took a typing class in high school, and Mavis Beacon and I rocked out a computer lab like you wouldn’t believe – I wouldn’t place a dime on my keyboarding skills in any type of contest.

Needless to say, I  began to twitter a lot and call people more often.  Those direct forms helped me out to no end.

But now I’m back.  Primarily because I’m starting to notice things and think about writing about it.  My desire is back and I’m excited to get back in the game.

I look forward to learning from you guys.

- Gavin

So my first foray into blogging was over at Tactile Jazz, it was a a free site run on wordpress.com.  It served me well as I started to learn the ins and outs of of the blogosphere.  But as I learned more, I wanted to experiment more and while wordpress.com is super easy to get up and running, it wasn’t flexible enough for me. e.g. no flash or javascript supported widgets, or super cool themes

So I sent a quick message over to my friend Scott asking for some help and advise and he said no problemo.  He made some techno-magic happen and 15 minutes later I was opening up my macbook to start installing WordPress and then jumping into the wonderful world of themes, plugins, widgets and that special sauce called FTP.

Props to Scott for being a great guy to help me get up and running, and enduring many questions over IM.

I’m still tweaking things around here so keep an eye out for changes.   I’m also open to any suggestions for must have plugins and for any of you wordpress guru’s if you see something amiss just holler at me.  I’m always looking to improve.

- Gavin

I just saw this over at Russel Davies’ blog. It is what it says it is. “Online iTunes backup for music aficionados”

It launches tomorrow, Feb 22. Currently if you post their logo they are giving away a free year of full featured service. Sounds interesting, check it out.