Well, firstly thank you for visiting my blog. First blog posts are always the hardest, right? It's the introduction stage, telling the world about you, who you are, and what you do - all without straying too far from the point.
Who runs this blog?
So firstly, a little about me. My name is Steven Crossley, and I live in sunny England; not too far from London. When I think back to how long I've been a 'techy', I struggle. I struggle, but that doesn't stop me. I began my technical journey on Day 1, and for as long as I can remember have been involved in some way or another, in modern technology. Be it taking apart VCRs whilst shitting my nappies, or my first computer (an AST). In school, IT lessons were the one thig I took notice of (can you tell how bad my english is yet?!), and after school I studdied a diploma in IT. In 2003 I purchased my first ever smart phone, the Sony Ericsson P800i, second hand from ebay, and it was then I began my journey in mobile computing.
Fast forward to 2011, and here we are. I work in IT, although my product support portfolio includes a wide range, from SQL Server to Windows Mobile based portable barcode scanners. I am also a member of a very secret society!! Actually, it's not all that secret, or at least that's not the intention. The group I speak of is a selection of hand picked contributors to the Sony Ericsson online social media community. We are the Sony Ericsson UK Test Lab, and are an extremely active group of participators in a number of tests on Sony Ericsson devices. We are also responsible for testing firmwares as well as providing innovative ideas into the future of Sony Ericsson's product portfolio. We're a small group, and rather new (test lab launched on the 31st March 2011) and so our best is yet to be seen. Watch this space!
Who is this blog intended for?
Audiences are a funny thing, almost a bit of a catch 22. With one, restrictions are put in place, but without one, nobody feels welcome. I have an audience, but in doing so I try not to make people feel unwelcome in reading my blog, and therefore have only a loose basis for an audience, and that is 'Intermediate entry level portable computing'. The first three words probably seem to be a bit of a contradition of terms. How can you have "Intermediate" entry level? In this case, the Intermediate represents the millions and billions and gazillions of fellow tech-heads out there, whilst the entry-level stands for the portable aspect. We're heading into the next tech-bubble - or so some say. Some say we are, some say we are not, although personally I've felt for a long time that technology was about to make a big impact in our lives - no, bigger than that. Much bigger than ever before, and this in my opinion, is mostly down to how portable computing has become, from tablets to mobiles, to netbooks - even to the end of Microsoft's monopoly. People are challenging the technology industry. It's no longer good enough to be curious, and THIS is the cause of the recent explosion of technological advances.
So to summarise, this blog is mostly intended for people who already have experience in technology, but want to make the adjustment from the desktop to the pocket.
What can you expect from making.believe?
making.believe is all about usage. You're not likely to find the latest news, here, first. If that's the reason you're here, then I'm affraid to have to dissapoint. The primary focus here is to share my findings within the portable computing industry, be it old news with new relevence (particularly making extra use of what we are already familliar with), points of interest (I eventually aim to include a glossary of terms within the mobile industry), or conceptual community ideas (I'm BIG on innovation). I will also be posting a daily (within reason) summary of the past 24 hours in the mobile industry.
There is another big catchment for what this blog will be used to share, and that is that (again, within reason) the majority of news shared here will be in relation to Sony Ericsson products.
And then...
And then there was now. I've pretty much covered everything I need to, in terms of what to expect for the future of making.believe, and now I'm excited. I'm really excited! I've been wanting to do this for so long, but I've never found that 'the right moment' was present. Now I can finally rest in assurance that my 'mobile enthusiast' blog is up and running. Excusing the poor Eglish bound throughout the blog in days, weeks, months, or who knows, even years to come, here's a toast to the future, and in hope that I am able to help many people through the transition from desktop to pocket computing.
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