As in, the opening sentence. A trivial matter it might seem: this is not going to print (at least not anytime soon), so I can go back and change this, and change it again, over and over, as many times as I want. And unlike a book, it’s unlikely the digital surfer will start from this page. He catches a wave when he spots one, and paddles out whenever it pleases him.

Does the opening of a blog therefore even matter? I contemplated to just kick it off in the middle of everything. No clear trace of a start, never a sign of an ending. But I guess in this matter, as well as in those of punctuation and capitalisation, I’m still a traditionalist (though not in others, dear Reader, fear not).

Introductions, then. This blog is aptly titled timmetz.nl: Tim being my first name, Metz my families’. .Nl stands for my nationality, not to be mistaken with where I currently reside. For now that is irrelevant, you’ll learn more about me soon enough.

I’ll try to refrain from rambling and stick to some sort of coherence, without being too rigid. What will be discussed here, should fall into one of the following two narratives:

1. An Idiot’s Guide to the Future: expect questions (not necessarily answers), such as “Will my children ever come home dating robots?” and “What’s the meaning of life, in the the 21st Century?”. An intriguing cocktail of futurism, philosophy, technology and potentially even some (geo) politics and other such grandiose themes.
2. Roll With the Punches: lessons from my own life. These range from self-invented rules of thumb to survival tips on how to stay sane in the modern day (digital) work environment.

My blogging purpose is both selfish and altruistic: writing helps me to formalise and develop my own thoughts. Putting them up for public scrutiny will test the depth of my own ignorance. On the other hand, I aspire to make each post informative, inspirational and/or entertaining for you. No reading junk food, or so I’ll try.

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• Header image credits: “Surfer”, Flickr photo by Jose Padin, under Creative Commons license. No changes made to original picture.