Emergent Future

Focus

Tuesday, 20 May 2008

I'd like to take a moment to look back on why this site was initially created and what purpose it has been serving so far, and what purpose I would really, honestly, like this site to have.

To begin with, the site started with a very simple purpose: I needed someplace to pop my resume online and something to use as an online portfolio. Since I found blogging to be a rather interesting phenomenon on theInternet , I decided that, while I was at it, I could create a blog as well. Since I had come to realize that I was mostly interested in online game communities, this seemed to be a fairly logical thing to do anyway. Thus, it happened. Due to this, I focused myself on game community, and online gaming, related articles. This worked out somewhat alright for a while. Of course, then I traveled to the other side of the planet and ended up in Japan. Thus, some other stuff started to work its way into the blog as well.

Now, this isn't to say that my time in Japan isn't relevant to what I want to do with my life. I'm here studying a culture so that I may better be able to break down and understand how communities work in the future. That said, it still has done a lot to detract from my overall goal and I aim to help correct that. One way that it has detracted is in the focus of this blog. This lack of focus has been a massive demotivator as well. Thus, I'm focusing this blog back to its true purpose.

What is that purpose? Well, as I write this, on the top of the page it reads "Looking into the future of Online Game Development." That's a pretty good start. However, as soon as I finish typing this, it'll read more along the lines of... "Looking into the future of Online Game Communities." While I might pop up the occasional article that doesn't relate to the game industry, gaming, the evolution of the internet, and most of all, online communities, don't expect them unless I get engaged, have my house set aflame, or something along those lines. ;-)

I also might tweak the look of the site a bit too. So long as I can keep the minimalism!
Tags: community japan game development

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