I held off for a long time, but I finally caved and started my very own blog.  My goal is to capture my train of thought while learning new technologies as well as deepening my understanding of those that I already know.  I've been a developer for several years — mostly Java — and until recently I that was what I focused on. But reading dzone links about other topics, and hearing about cool front-end developments from my husband (a web designer) made me want to learn more about all of it!  Where to begin? What to focus on?  I'm hoping the act of blogging will focus my thoughts and keep me productive. That said, my first foray will at least in part focus on Java. Why?  I think the way to become a better developer is to expand your knowledge vertically and horizontally.  So deeper dives into Java-specific topics are on my to-do list. But I also have some interesting side projects going on, and the direction we're heading in for those is RoR.  So I'll be coming up to speed on that pretty quickly. What else?  I've been itching to develop an iPhone app, I've been curious about playing with Adobe Flex, and then there's the wide world of functional programming to dive into — scala, python, groovy… the list is endless! So there you have it — the obligatory "Hello World" of my blog.  Now onto the fun stuff.

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