In addition

October 12, 2010

I wrote my first blog entry on July 7, 2001. (I didn’t call it a blog back then; I actually went so far as to say “This is not a blog. I’m not that dedicated.” at the top of the page.) I’ve always had one guiding principle when I blog: write what I want to write, when I want to write it.

That mantra has led to trouble sometimes. Some people say I write about geek things too much, and I can understand what they mean. That’s one of the big reasons why I created Another New World a couple years ago; I wanted a place where I could focus on my tech interests without completely boring my normal (non-techie) friends here. For everything else, though, I write what I want to write.

And then there’s Twitter. Twitter’s a strange beast. I love writing on it, and it’s delightfully random. I want to write whatever I want, whenever I want, but at the same time I know how annoying it can be to follow someone who does exactly that to an extreme.

With that in mind, I’ve decided to try an experiment. I’ve created a second account called @justinaddition that will catch all the excess passion, in a sense. I’ll probably use it a lot during live events (like an Apple keynote or a gubernatorial debate, for instance) and really any other time I feel like it, too.

If you enjoy bursts of random rambling, I’d check out @justinaddition. If you’d like a tamer Justin Twitter experience, the tweet count over on @justinrussell will keep going up. Follow one! Follow both! The choice is yours.