Dark Enough to See the Stars

It is easy to set up a blog, but not easy to maintain an accurate web presence that reflects, or better yet - balances, one’s personal interests and professional services.

I have struggled to post on a regular basis, and to make those posts accessible to wider audiences. One of the downsides of working as a professionally oriented futurist, is that you saturate yourself with media feeds and become disconnected with the base of information more widely consumed by general audiences.

There is clearly a role for futurists to help bring people along and to build a foundation knowledge base for thinking and talking about change. Initially, I did not want to use this blog to serve as that place for creating a foundation.

Instead, I wrote two or three steps ahead - for an audience of other bloggers already engaged by in-depth conversations on topics like energy, social media, globalization (et al). But the blogosphere is not the web! And the other night, thanks to a friend’s insights on what was missing (e.g. my personality/energy), I realized the need to shift towards accessibility and posts that reflect myself as a person.

So I am now looking to evolve this site - around visual presentations with audio overlays (simliar to Larry Lessig’s screencasts). I am more inclined to speak than to write… so this shift should suit me well.