As this website celebrates its first anniversary by moving out of "beta", let me use this opportunity to write a brief history of DutchDreams.net and the ideas behind it.
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Posted by in Blogging @ 21 01 05 | No comments / No trackbacks
“I have a dream” where the words. Spoken by someone rebelling against the existing social order. Someone who saw the inherent contradictions within the paradigms of his society and the suffering they created. He saw these contradictions were not being addressed effectively, so shared with the world his dream. A dream so powerful and put into words so eloquently, that while it may not yet be fulfilled completely, it resonated throughout Western civilisation and changed it beyond recognition. It’s impact so enormous, you know exactly what I am talking about, though I have only quoted four words of a speech.
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Posted by in Dreaming @ 20 01 05 | No comments / No trackbacks
Maintenance warning
Yes, posting has been very light to say the least. This will not
improve for at least a month. Since the start of this weblog, I have
been experimenting with this new medium and learning how to use it. In
the process I've made a lot of mistakes and have strayed quite a bit
from the original path I had in mind for DutchDreams.net. To sum things
up, this site has been a "beta release" for the real thing, meant to
allow me to experiment and to do things right only after a while.
So now I think the time has come for me to implement what I've learned.
Next February this site will celebrate it's first birthday. I plan to
have a "version 1.0" up and running somewhere that month.
What will change? The main part of this site will be dedicated to what
I call dreams. Read the quote in the header or remember the famous
speech by Martin Luther King. More mundane, day-to-day thoughts will
probably find their place in a separate weblog. I'll also be changing
the site design and maybe add some features. It's all very much a work
in progress though, so I'm not yet sure how it will all turn out in the
end. Suggestions on how to improve the site are of course very
welcome...
Posted by in Old Stuff @ 02 01 05 | No comments / No trackbacks