Love Blogs

At the checkout line in the grocery store a couple weeks ago, I was struck by this magazine cover. LOVE BLOGS. My first thought was "Yes, I love blogs. Doesn't everyone?" Then it occurred to me that the magazine was referring to blogs about love. I love those kinds of blogs too. (Do you know of a good one?)

It's kinda amazing to me that blogs have gotten so popular and so mainstream in the past few years. I started blogging in February 2001 because it seemed like a cool thing to do. In a very short time, I met a bunch of people who blogged too. It felt completely mainstream to blog and to know about blogs. At least it felt that way in my little universe. But every once in awhile I'd be reminded that it wasn't mainstream...usually when I'd have a conversation with my parents or coworkers. These days it really is mainstream as is evident by the magazine at the grocery store.

These days Ruby on Rails feels very similar to how blogging felt in 2001. It seems very normal and regular in my little universe (especially since I'm working at a Rails consulting agency). However, I realize that RoR is still very far away from the mainstream. It will be very, very interesting to see where Rails ends up in a few years. Hopefully not on the cover of a teen magazine.

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