First!

The first post is always the hardest. It sounds like a cliche, but that’s only because it’s the truth. You wouldn’t think it’d be so tough. Really, how many people read the first post of a blog anyway? Generally when you find a new blog you just start at the point of discovery, only delving into the archives when the author points you in that direction.

But, every year on the Blogiversary that first post is paraded around and pointed at while we say, “This is where we started. Look how far we’ve come.”

This poor first post, so much weight to bear. And, as if that weren’t enough of a burden, there’s also the job of having to introduce the blog to the world, declare its intentions, set its goals, and establish its voice. Yikes!

You have to start somewhere. So here we go.

Welcome to Inside the Nerdery, Sierra Bravo’s blog. I’m Jodi and I’ll be your guide. Over the next week or so, we’ll get to know each other. I’ll tell you a little about me, show you around the Nerdery, and you’ll leave warm, encouraging comments and suggestions about what you’d like to see on this blog.

After that, the sky’s the limit! Some of things you can expect to find here: profiles in nerdery, stories about what we’re working on and who we’re working with; links to fun things, interesting things, or silly things; and as-yet-to-be-determined things.

Not too bad for a first post, huh? It only gets easier from here.