Charles Parra

Today’s as good a day as any other to get this started. I’ve managed to resist creating a weblog up to now. My reasons for not blogging are many, and I’ll probably write about some of those reasons in a future post, but for now I wanted to kick this off with a declaration of some self-imposed ground rules. Note that the ground rules apply to me not you. If you happen across this blog, and find a thread that catches your interest, then feel free to join in and contribute to the conversation. The only request I have for visitors to this site is that they adhere to the code of conduct that I am adopting from Wikipedia. Some starter ground rules

1. Don’t directly discuss anything you are currently working on. - I’ve been a technology consultant, and am currently the director of product management for an internet media company. I have to respect the confidentiality that my employer and clients expect of me.
2. This is a blog and not a personal journal. - I write to share thoughts about things that relate to my professional life. I have personal interests that are related to music and culture. To the extent that those interests are aligned with my professional interests, I’ll write about them.
3. Look to engage an audience of individuals who share your interests, but not necessarily your opinions. - I seek to elicit an alternative perspective rather than amplify my own.

And so it begins