Background

Well the site is finally live.  It’s been in the back of my mind for quite a while now to get a blog started, so I’m glad to finally have it up and running.

I’m running on Subtext.  ASP.NET hosting is a change for me as most of my sites in the past have been LAMP-based, but having been working with .NET for about a year now professionally, I’m more comfortable running a site with it.  My only complaint thus far is how expensive hosting is compared to a typical PHP/MySQL setup.  SQL Server hosting in particular is quite pricey!  But I digress.. back to the the main point - the blog :)

I’ve wanted to do this for a while but I hadn’t convinced myself to get this thing going until a few weeks ago when I saw a great post from Scott Hanselman pop up in my feeds.  In his Devscovery NYC keynote, Social Networking for Developers, Scott talks a bit about how having a blog can make you a better developer.  I won’t go into depth here, but if you haven’t seen the talk I recommend watching it.  It’s an interesting discussion and he gives a lot of great tips for running a successful blog.

Fast forward to now.  I installed Subtext and my site is up and running.  I know it’s a little rough around the edges.  I plan on updating the site in the future with a flashier design and other good bits, but for now this will work.

Who am I?

My name is Ryan.  I’m a professional software developer currently working as a systems analyst.  I graduated with my bachelor’s degree in May 2008 and started my professional career in July 2008.  I’ve learned a lot over the last year in the industry, and I hope to share that knowledge with you.

What is this blog going to be about?

I’ll be focusing on software development topics in my future blog posts.  I’m currently working with the .NET Framework, so my blog will be heavily influenced with all types of things in the .NET world.  I have a passion for all things web development, so there will be a lot in that area specifically.

I don’t plan on sticking to any area exclusively as of right now.  I may also post things like book reviews and other technology-related topics, with sprinkles of random other things here and there.  I hope that you interact with me via comments – I would love to hear from you!