.. title: Blogging
.. slug: blogging
.. date: 2016-09-25 14:15:00 UTC+02:00
.. tags: blog
.. category:
.. link:
.. description: Starting out blogging
.. type: text

So... blogging. I've only missed this train by about 10 years but better late
than never right?

.. TEASER_END

So who am I? My name is Gustaf Waldemarson, a guy who enjoys working with
various software related topics in my spare time. I also try to keep my artistic
spirit up by occasionally dabbling in graphics, design and various other things
that I hope to share right here on this blog!

Naturally, one usually needs a job as well. Currently, I'm employed as a
modelling engineer by ARM. By which I mean I help computer hardware designers
model computer hardware, using software. And yes, it really is that kind of
abstract.

Luckily though, I sometimes get some *special* projects to take care of, such as
creating demos of the hardware. One of which has even found its way out to
YouTube:

.. youtube:: YoEN8ZCviqQ
   :align: center

So why start up this site in the first place?  Well, as a software engineer I
pretty much need to maintain some kind of online presence. Either as a kind of
portfolio or a way to market whatever company I'm working with in. Hopefully,
this effort will eventually either move me to new interesting projects!

.. This could be at ARM or somewhere else. Either way, simply maintaining a
   precence like this can give me more leverage during salary and vacation
   negotiations. If this is done right, it should benefit me in the long run.

So what's going to happen now? For now, this website will probably become a
portfolio-like website with a blog tacked on to it but that may change over
time. For the time being, I intend to create tutorial-like blog-entries
describing some of the things I've done to setup the server that's actually
running this website.

But... I think this is more than enough for a first entry.

See you another time!