Adam Byrtek

I’ve just moved to a new apartment, in a monumental building just a short distance away from the Old Town. Changes like this always give me a hit of fresh energy, so I thought it would be a perfect moment to take a second approach to the blog.

I decided to make some changes before the second iteration (”inspect and adapt”, like with Scrum). First of all, I will write only in English — it has become the universal language and is almost assumed in my profession. Societies on the Web concentrate around shared interests, not spatial location, and I don’t want to limit my potential audience without a good reason.

Secondly, I decided not to use Blogger anymore. It is a good solution to setup quick and dirty blog, but in the long run I wasn’t comfortable with a tool that is not pleasant to use, and imposes certain constraints on its users. I like to be in power, so after looking into different alternatives I’ve chosen WordPress, which convinced me with its maturity, extensibility, clean administrative interface, and overall attention to details (though I know the source code has its issues). Special thanks to Scott for blog.txt, a simple theme that I used.

I intend to keep this site alive, and I already have a long backlog of ideas. My plan is to post at least once a week, maybe even more frequently during the first month, to fill the site with content. So stay tuned!