About Time I Get the Ball Rolling

First internet experience. I just realized that it has been a decade now since I was first introduced to the internet. It was back in 1997, in my MBA class that I first got to see what they call then as "information superhighway". I remember how intimidated I felt not only because it was my first time but I was also sharing a computer with a semi-cute, ECE graduate who has internet access in his office. Using a mere 386 computer where I used to work, I felt conscious of my naiveté to say the least. So in the end, it was not an actual internet learning experience for me. I just couldn't summon the courage in me to do any exploration in front of someone who was way more knowledgeable.

A breakthrough idea. Just last year, 2006, I had a light-bulb moment. I had an idea that for me is so big that I wanted to share it with younger kids through a WAP site. For days from then on, I woke up early in the morning to write down more ideas. I eagerly seized every break I had during work to research on the net what I should do for my project. It was a creative experience for me which I rarely had. It was exhilarating! I felt that it is a life calling for me to pursue it.

Information overload. Sadly, it has been a year now since I had that burning desire to do the project. To date, one lesson I learned from it is that no matter how much effort I put into the business planning process I couldn't go to the next level of implementation if I don't have the guts to put everything into action. My biggest stumbling block would be my lack of knowledge on how to create a website. No, let me correct myself. I can't say it's the lack of knowledge that stopped me because I have bought and read books on HTML and Photoshop, and made substantial research on the net. I think what has stopped me from pursuing my project is the information overload and there was just too many distractions. I search on a topic I want to learn and then when I stumble on a different but related topic I read it too, and then this related topic lead me to another subject matter I want to learn about until I completely forget to pursue what I've wanted to research on in the first place. Now that I've come to think of it, what I read on the net and on books are most of the time just the same stuff written over and over again. And I've been reading these rehashed information over and over again and I'll continue to do so until I used these knowledge and translate them into concrete actions so I can move along and go for better stuff.


My action plan. This is how I'm going to get the ball rolling. I'll begin creating my own website in Google pages and write a blog (this one) on my progress as well as how I got my information on the web. To rid myself of the distractions, I'll focus on a topic each blog post at a time. Although these posts may be instructional for others as I'll be talking about what I'm learning on the net, I won't pretend I'm an expert on any given topic. Every posts will just be a summary of my discoveries which I learned not just in theory but through hands-on experience as well.

I will begin each topic with a web search and work my way around the first few search results. What I've learned so far is that there are just so many sources on the web much of which are dubious and may need to be tested on before any of their advise or instructions be construed as gospel truth. Hopefully out of all my web discoveries I'd be able to pursue my light-bulb idea which I will share with this blog's audience in God's perfect time.