About this Blogger and Blog

Myself 

 

A California oak - My favorite tree

I am a retired urban planner and live in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California.

Our native oaks are some of my favorite trees, with their massive branches wandering into the sky.

My 'work time' focuses on subjects of personal interest, some of which have intrigued me since childhood. This blog encompasses some of these interests.

Doing the research necessary to prepare the blog posts expands my knowledge and understanding of the subjects. It also forces me to acquire new skills like manipulation of digital images and website / blog design.

Blog

 

The blog was originally a website called Visions 2200  - A Perspective on the Future. The website was launched in June 2006, soon after my retirement. A little over a year later, I completed my third major remodeling of the website. In 2012 I did a complete redesign and update of the website contents. In this year of 2019 I begin an entirely new approach. 

The reason for this change in approach is four fold:

1. Google (the creator of this blogging technology) does not charge a fee for hosting a blog.
2. The blog will not be removed from the web should I bite the dust or lose my wits and someone neglects to pay a website hosting fee.
3. No need to pay a periodic subscription fee for web design software necessary to update the website.
4. Maintaining and keeping current a blog is much easier than doing the same on a website.

I am eliminating numerous pages and text from the website which appear of little interest to others. In other words, tossing the chaff. As for the remainder, I am cleaning up and updating the text and images.  

The revised content will be converted into posts on the blog site. I hope this latest version of my musings on the future will be readable and straight forward. I have tried to avoid a tendency to preachiness.

Insofar as new content is concerned, I will continue to update and add items as time and enthusiasm permits. Unless I completely lose my enthusiasm for this project, I expect it will continue many years into the future. Optimistically, some people may be positively influenced by the effort.