After attending the Web 2.0 Expo and SaaScon this week, I realize that I need to get serious about having an online presence.

Of course, I’ve had my web site jpedia.org up for almost a year now. It’s simply a page that points to specific items done for classes or research projects. But it is still very much in the old model of putting stuff up on a web site for people to download. It isn’t statements or ideas that are part of a larger conversation, or a larger community, and that is where I need to be.

I’ll admit that I’ve started a few blog experiments in the past, only to have them die out after a few weeks or months. The difference this time is that I will try not to have the classic ‘diary’ model of ‘what’s up with me?’. Every piece of content should be about sharing information in a way that moves a conversation forward.