VinceChan.net

I’ve been blogging on VinceChan.net since 2004. Although I’ve resisted the temptations many times to start fresh with this blog, this time it feels right to perform the reboot. Over time, I’ll be retiring a lot of the old blog content. I may become sentimental and keep some of the old articles, but the majority will not survive the reboot.

Why reboot now?

Time passes by so quickly without us noticing. It’s been a while since my last blog update. Looking back, I can clearly see the different evolutionary stages of VinceChan.net. It’s first incarnation on the MovableType platform was as an online journal. Movable Type was replaced with WordPress as I evolved into a better blogger. Once I got lazy, the blog took on a lifestream format by leveraging my social web activities as content. In between, there were a few theme re-designs. The content? Not very exciting, and probably will not be missed.

It’s difficult to criticize myself, but it’s true. Now that I have a separate lifestream section, it makes no sense to continue blogging about my social web activities. This blog will return to its original intent to be my online presence. The recent time off has allowed me to pursue my passions – food / photography / blogging. I started 2 new blogs, and also reworking old projects. VinceChan.net can be the aggregating portal of my online work as well as share information that don’t fit in those forums.

Are you only rebooting content? What about design?

Currently, I don’t have plans to re-design the theme but I may do so if time permits. An idea I’m kicking around would be to release the old theme publicly if I pursue a new one. Stay tuned for whether that will happen.