My first post!

For a while now, I've been nurturing the idea of starting my own blog.
Several people have influenced this decision.

Mostly, it has boiled down to outdoing some friends (you know who you are). I'll probably add them as writers for the blog, as we've been discussing setting up a blog for us to document the stuff we keep on looking for on the InterWebz (and surprisingly often seem to have to figure out ourselves.)
There has also been Joel, and his expectations of people he'd like to hire.

So now we've got the motivation covered, let's discuss the content.
This blog will mainly deal with software development. I'll probably post some solutions to problems I've encountered, small tidbits of interesting stuff I uncover, and some ideas regarding the software development process. Technical dev postings will mostly deal with C#, SQL and other Microsoft technologies.

So by now, you might have wondered about my background. I purposely keep this for last, when most people would already have clicked away, and only the very commited (or insanely completionist) is still reading this post.
I grew up in a small town, where I had some friends with a computer store. Hanging around this store fed my love for computers, and the stuff that makes them tick. After school I went on to university to do a B.sc IT, majoring in computer science and psychology (don't ask). During this time, I drank lots and had wild parties. It subsequently took a wee bit longer too finish the degree. I also held part-time positions as a sales person and later technician in a computer retail store. Geek heaven. There was a brief stint in a roadside assistance call centre, which taught me lots about dealing with Angry People. At the end of my degree, I joined a small software house, and started my career as a software developer. Which I still am, two employers later.

And so starts the chronicles of my attempts to liberate the software industry. A quest to improve the quality of our products, and a desire to share enlightenment with my fellow Code Monkeys.