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New website idea

November 16, 2008 on 8:27 pm | In Computing, GoneWacko.com, Internet, Life | 3 Comments
Tags: idea, life as a programmer, project, website

A few days ago now, I couldn’t sleep (due to the consumption of copious amounts of Pepsi), so I just lay in bed reading some literature on C++ and thinking about random things. One of these random things was the following:

“Hmm, interesting how, as a programmer, I tend to look at most aspects in life from a very logical point of view” (Obligatory xkcd reference).

By this, I mean that I often find myself thinking in terms of computer logic when I think about how things work or happen. (This sounds so much geekier than it really is. I hope.)

As I continued to philosophize on the subject, I realized that it might perhaps make interesting subject matter for some blog posts or articles.
I then wondered if a domain name like lifeasaprogrammer.com, asaprogrammer.com, likeaprogrammer.com and/or ofaprogrammer.com would still be available. (This is when I realized I really should invest in a UMPC, because now I had to get out of bed and switch on my PC to check this…)

As it turns out, these domain names were indeed still up for grabs, so I very impulsively decided to order all those domain names plus their .net equivalents… They’re dirt cheap anyway

Right now the idea is to have a blog-like site on there, where I talk about all sorts of stuff that keeps me occupied as a programmer. What I’m writing on, which technologies I’m stoked about, that sort of stuff. But obviously I’ll also want to write about other aspects of life from the programmers point of view, because that’s what the site is called.

Especially the asaprogrammer and likeaprogrammer.com domain names are pretty sweet, because I can also make sections for things like tutorials (code.likeaprogrammer.com) and virtually anything else I can think of.

I also have a passion for such things as movies and games, so if I want, I can pretty easily create reviews.ofaprogrammer.com where I would review these things. The programmer aspect of it kind of gets lost there, though.

I still have a lot of pondering and designing to do though. What section do I want there? Will I use an existing CMS like WordPress or will I roll out my own using something like Django? What will my site look like?

In the end it very well may never really kick off. It all depends on whether I feel I can come up with something that is actually going to be worth reading. Because if the site would see as many visitors as this one does, then I really don’t think I should bother