The About Page: Why is CarsonsPost.com on Posterous?

Carsons Post began in November 2006 when I had a lot of time on my hands. There was this blogging thing out there, and I thought I'd give it a go. I started one up at http://carsonspost.wordpress.com - many of the old posts are still there, for better or for worse. My dad joined me shortly after and he was rather prolific at it. So, there are a lot of posts at the wordpress site.

This site is Carsons Post mk4. I moved to Carsonspost.com in 2007 and made a Drupal site. It was fun for awhile. Once I got busy the site sort of collapsed. 

I don't actually like blogging very much anymore. There are few topics that I can add to the discourse in a way that isn't just the usual rants of the under-informed. That isn't to say I don't want to try occasionally - and I hope that I am developing more to say. Which is why there is a site still exists.

Most of the reason, however, is because 140 characters is sometimes not enough.

My preferred mode of broadcast and social networking is Twitter, @SamCarson. I like it because of the brevity and conversational tone. As I said, there are limits to a tweet - and so this is the place where those ideas get explored.

I sat Carsonspost.com on Posterous because:
  • I can email from anywhere - computer, netbook, phone.
  • It will tweet for me.
  • It will post from Feedly/gReader.
  • It has a posting bookmarklet
  • My drafts are in my Gmail inbox - where I can find them. 
  • Facebook/Twitter logins for comments - moderating comments is a drag
  • Its really, really easy.
More about Me:
Professionally, I am a sustainability consultant working in the property sector in London, UK. Its a great time to be watching change happen. These views are, of course, entirely my own and are not the product of my employers past or present, etc.

I am an optimist. I got to be one because of certain travels and experiences which I think have shown me important parts of the human condition. I remain an optimist by giving equal attention to good things and bad things, which I don't think many people do. By taking an extra moment to acknowledge when you were lucky enough to just barely catch a train, you feel less annoyed when you just barely miss one - as you see the swings and roundabouts a bit more.

This isn't to say I'm a mug. There are a great many reasons to be vigilant about where we are taking our society, be angry about things in the past and to be firm about what we are going in the future. I am not ambivalent. We are going to get better.