A beginning

Ah! A new beginning. A blank slate.
I have decided to do my blog here so that others can respond without having to sign up for zaadz. Which is a cool site, but I'm not into forcing things on people.
For anyone that is interested in open source and open standards here in an interesting blog from Rick Jelliffe on O'Reilly XML.com. I believe this is a hugely important topic. No one person or company should set the standard for anything. This is also an excellent example of the issues that face society as we move into the information age and how the internet has become the forum on which these issues are debated. I consider myself fortunate to have been born at the dawn of this age and to be able to watch the process unfolding.