Towards Open-Source

Being relatively new to blogging as well on the periphory of understanding code manipulation, I’ve been trying to get my head around the WordPress interface. I have had a Blogger account for a while (albeit underused) and found that interface most agreeable, certainly no link searching or head scratching.

But, and it is a bit but, Blogger is owned by people who make a lot of money and exert a lot of directional influence and therefore control. Over the last year I have gradually come to realise that I do not feel comfortable with plugging into that matrix and feeding it my thoughts directly. So I have chosen an Open-Source alternative to air my thoughts from now on.

Of course, I understand that these thoughts can be picked up and read by any search engine; I decided to allow my posts to be included in external searches. In the spirit of collaboration it would be a shame to restrict access. I will review that decision from time to time.

I love the FLOSS movement and I love the freedom that Web 2.0 can bring. It’s time for users to start questioning the freedom of information sharing versus the cost of privacy.

And now to get to grips with customising my blog… I may be some time….