I think a good way to start describing or defining something is by approaching the problem from a different angle: what it ain’t.

I’m doing this here, more or less, to be able to come back, time and time again, and reflect on why I write on this blog to start with. An added bonus is also that you, my readers, and keep me on track. It is possible, though, that one day, one or many statements will become false or unnecessary, but until that day comes, I hope to stick to them.

The bullet points.

This blog isn’t only…

• “Personal” or “Business”
  • While I’ll be posting things relevant to my personal life, I’ll be using my personal life to only supplement the content… which will range in topics from programming to web culture to entrepreneurship to… who knows what will capture my fancy?
  • Indeed, it is my name that’s the domain of the site. The blog needs a little bit of the JK in it to be JK.org.
• “Brain Dump” or “microblogging”
  • It’s nice to be able to relieve the post anxiety disorder (you know, the one you get when your blog goes without a post for two days)… but I need to make sure some good content makes it up here. I can’t have too many of those posts hanging around.
  • Lengthy posts are good… but man, they’re so hard to write. A concise, focused post is just as good as a lengthy, focused post. Quality, Josh Kim… quality first!
• For the Up-to-Date News
  • There is no way I’ll be able to keep up with the blogging giants. I will hopefully very rarely post merely a link to a page. In the very least, I’ll have some commentary.

Purpose of The Blog

• Solidify and supplement learning and growth
  • To increase knowledge in a field
  • To share that knowledge with the world
  • Commentary on news
• Keep friends in the DL (not the “disabled list”)
  • “To whomever it may concern”
  • Keep private things private, keep public things public: Define that line
  • Reduce duplicate efforts: Tell a story once, and tell it well
  • Keep records of events and everyday silliness
• Define “Josh Kim”
  • Who is he? Why should anyone care?
  • What does he like? Food, music, books…
  • Metacognition FTW!

Sounds much too like timesheets and TPS reports, but to sum it up:

Growing, Learning, Sharing, Defining. The World and Me.

Or something like that… yeah…