Behind closed doors Saturday, October 1, 2005 5:27 AM
If you are reading this now you have had to log in—that is new. I have moved my web log and photo gallery away from anonymous access. It had been a grand experiment to express my thoughts and expose my history to create a community. This did not happen. I had lost interest in contributing and left the site to run on its own.
With the season’s change, the concern grew in me that the knowledge learned here could be used to exploit. Cynical? Yes. For my latest studing has been of Darwin, power and seduction and the over riding evidence is we all act in our self interest, everything else is wishful thinking.
My outlook has been reinforced by the termination of the e-commerce project I worked on for a year. I now have nothing to do with theWellSeasonedNest. I had my concerns involving myself with my brother old friend. The signs of trouble were clear. When I was thirteen he broke a 45 of Ray Charles’s “Hit the Road Jack” and promised to replace it but never did and then after I started the project a friend cautioned me, telling me of his own troubles doing business with the man. I proceeded for I had my own selfish needs to fulfill.
As I despair about the intentions of others, I have to accept that I behave no differently. My goal was to further the technology while they would express to me what they wanted. This works when you are closer but with the separation, issues that arise became faults. The experience did contribute much to my understanding of building a retail web site so I am just as guilty of ruthlessness.
I am returning to developing an application to administrate the site and work as the foundation of a point of sales terminal for in store sales and then port the shopping cart and registry to my gallery. The dream will probable never be realize but the skills I learn will help me survive.