Financial & Economic Blog

So…I have finally jumped into this world of blogging.  Before starting this, I really had a hard time deciding what to blog about.  As timing would have it, Scott Hanselman just posted an article on how to “Keep Your Blog from Sucking.”  Scott works for a vendor that my employer uses.  Though I have only met him once, I can honestly say that he is a very smart guy and I enjoy subscribing to his site.

I recently came across another associate’s blogging site.  I have known James for many years and consider him a valuable networking contact within the IT financial services community. I liked his site a lot – very easy on the eyes from a presentation perspective, the content is engaging, and he shoots directly across the bow. 

Anyway, I determined that I cannot make this a technical blog because I no longer have any technical skills in my repertoire.  I also arrived at the conclusion that I did not want to make this a personal blog because then nobody would read this…does anybody really care what’s going on in my life?  Didn’t think so.  Then I thought about making this industry specific to my career:  information technology and financial services.  There has to be people out there that want to read about that, right?  We’ll see...

After much thought, I have decided to blog on all of the above.  I’ll mainly stick to IT and financial services topics, with a blend of technical (as far as I can go) with some personal stuff mixed in.  I’ll start out with this and hopefully draw some interest.