It was inevitable...

Try as I might, the idea of setting up a blog can no longer be avoided.

One of my instructors at the University of Minnesota (http://www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/) has tasked me with posting my thoughts and rants/raves on a blog site. Truth be told, I actually look forward to maintaining a site like this...and always have, but I simply never got around to it.

In my view, there are two big risks in blogging:

1) Taking the time to maintain the site while keeping entries pertinent and up to date. Nobody wants to log onto a site and see the most recent post was written 6 months ago. Let's face it...your blog site's organization and accuracy is ultimately a reflection of the organization and accuracy of your real life. I guess that can be good or bad.

2) I think there's an inherent arrogance in setting up your own blogsite. I'm not sure why (since the internet explosion) millions of people feel the need to spew their thoughts onto a webpage...the fact that most people think the rest of the world cares about their random thoughts really seems comical to me. The additional fact that most of these bloggers have zero credentials/authority to speak about anything beyond the day-to-day weather is also entertaining. But that's the trend in our information-saturated society I guess...idols/heroes change as often as the weather in this country. Who knows, maybe my blog will get its 15 minutes of fame sometime during this semester.

Maybe I'm wrong on all this -- the blogging trend has apparently caught on and so I will try to join the bandwagon for the time being. It was either this or Facebook. Either way I will probably spend a disproportionate amount of time updating this site over the next couple months. It will be interesting to see how many hits I get.

As long as I have the forum, I will try to chronicle my MBA experience as close to real time as I can get. I'm sure I will be borderline paranoid with making sure my postings don't get too dated. Even though I have small expectations on how many people will actually tune in, I look forward to going off on tangents to see where my mind takes me.