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It has been a long time since I've been able to sit down and write a lucid blog post.  This one will not be one of them.

I've come to realize that my full-time job as a Product Manager, my other full-time job as a husband, and my newest (and most demanding) full-time job as a parent (to a delightful son) consume roughly 100% of my time; leaving precious few moments in the day in which to gather and synthesize my thoughts.  Thus, I've been using Twitter more often and blogging less.

"Blogging less?  What?  You only have 3 prior entries!"

I used to blog quite a bit under a different moniker.  However, as a parent, I have come to the realization that composing longer, thoughtful essays are a luxury that I generally cannot afford.

With that, I've added my Twitter feed to the left, and will make an effort to write "larger-than-micro" blogs here on at least a weekly basis, if not more frequently.

And now it's back to full-time job #1, followed by #s 2 and 3 this evening.

Cheers!

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  1. NeilNovember 12, 2010 at 6:47 AM

    Can fully appreciate that, not even 3 months into item 3.

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