The problem with homepages is that a lot of people in the world don't have a use for them. For instance, having a homepage on a personal site is kind of like saying that there's a singular starting point for everything that you plan to present to the world. How likely is that?

If I were a company I'd have some clever intro about how:

"RWBerg.org is the experimental site devoted to showing you the cutting edge technology available in many different fields. What you see here is the starting point for a world of opportunities available through RWBerg Consulting."

But I'm not really pushing you to buy in to my consulting, even though it is something that I offer. No, this site is more for getting to know me and what I like to work with.

If this were a strictly fun, personal site then I'd more than likely fill this page with my biography. I'd talk about how I grew up in a rural town in northern Minnesota and grew to have a great interest in music and technology. Then I'd muse about my college life and various mistakes I made, and my eventual conversion to a full computer science major. Maybe I'd casually throw in my good grades and high ratings from professors, employers and peers on my various projects and work. But the key would be to not let you know that I'm slipping that information in, because it's rather uncouth to talk about yourself in that manner.

The easiest were to be if this was just a blog. Then I wouldn't have to write this page at all; you'd just see a bunch of entries about technology and one about how I love things like paper clips and staplers because they bring things together. But that wouldn't make much sense to you because you're just a casual reader. You'd stop and wonder "why does this guy go on about things that matter", and. barring any technical interest in the information I discuss. you would probably just flitter away to a blog featuring cats doing things that cats really ought not be doing.

But I don't and you didn't (or "shouldn't", I suppose...I haven't won you over yet). Instead you are here and realizing that this site is more than just a few code examples and funny comments ("Funny-to-Me" may be a better noun phrase) that I make in my daily Droplet feed. This site is a place for you to kick off your shoes and participate.

Whether you're a programmer who likes to hear a young guys take on a technology or practice, or a person who's looking for some free software recommendations, or even a person who has nothing better to do than flip through my large list of photos...it's all fine with me. Express yourself, help me write some good code, and for goodness sake let me know what you want to see here.