Closet Banker finally joins the new media digiterati!

I have finally given in to the forces of the Internet.

For the past four years now, I have been a part of the "Web 2.0" revolution sweeping the Internet. The part that I have played has primarily been "behind the scenes" - helping companies that dominate this landscape raise capital or sell themselves to the large traditional media companies that are all, now, scrambling to survive in this new world.

During these four years, I have always toyed with the idea of starting my own blog. I have seen many of my friends jump on the blogging bandwagon - the earliest of them using Xanga or other predecessors to the more sophisticated blogging platforms that have emerged (WordPress being one of them).

I have certainly come across a number of companies in the blogging space during the job. I have seen Six Apart's traffic metrics explode, I have used Technorati to search blogs, and I have read (and continue to read) TechCrunch despite some of the nonsense Michael Arrington writes on what has become a (too) widely read blog.

After four years of seeing the Web 2.0 revolution unfold before my eyes and being an integral participant in this revolution, I have finally started my own blog. Given how easy it has been, I wonder why I had not started years earlier. I suppose that if someone like me, who grew up with the "old" Internet and the "older" bulletin board systems (BBS) that were the subject of many "computer whiz kid" TV shows in the 80s ... if someone like me can now pick up the digital pen and start writing away, it is a testament to how far the Internet has come and how undeniable its impact on everyday life has become.

So with this post, I welcome you to my re-entry into the digital world and my first attempt at being a full participant in the Web 2.0 world.

- Closet Digital Media Investment Banker