Thursday, February 23, 2012

The origins of Whaleventures

So, you may be wondering, what the hell is Whaleventures? What is the point of this blog? What do whales have to do with coding, or even anything in general? Other questions may be flowing through your mind at this point as well: Why am I reading this? Why should I care? What is the point ?

Let's start with a story. A story about a young boy (or girl for 21st century compliance) who likes to create. And learn. And learn to create. And create to learn. Now this boy (girl) doesn't have a name, because he is every one of us. He may still be inside of you today, however advanced your age may be. But the point is, this boy is there. He exists. And he likes to create. And he likes to learn. Sometimes he hides away, because he feels threatened or locked in, or not appreciated, but he is always there.

The story goes further that this boy likes openness, and freedom. And that's why he has an arrangement - an arrangement to escape. To escape from restrictions. To escape from rigidness. To escape from everything that wants to diminish or block creativity and learning. That want to monetise it, and direct creativity for any purpose other than pure creation itself.

Now whilst this boy realises that there is nothing wrong with creating things and selling them for money, he does miss the pure form of creation. And thus, he uses his whale to escape. To escape to the outside world, to the primitive world. To get out of corporate mumbo-jumbo and return to where creativity and learning can be pure. This escape, is his whale. And he does this on the big, vast ocean. An ocean of endless freedom.

Whaleventures is the ongoing story of creation and learning.

Whaleventures is a coding/tech blog. Whaleventures is also a place for ranting about technology. It's also a place where you can show off your newest creations. Whaleventures is also a place where we can learn from each other!

Whaleventures is a state of mind. It is about curiosity, learning, striving for better things. It is about experimenting, creating and exploring. It is about being careless, but also very careful at the same time. The art of creation is integral to each and every human being, and it is something that brings us all together.

Whaleventures is a celebration of the spirit of creation, in the purest possible sense. Because only by sitting on top of the little water splash on the whales' back, surfing through the big wide ocean, do you have the freedom to explore new things and ways of thinking and building. You're most certainly not gonna get that freedom if you don't actively look for it. No one will hand it to you.

You need to get out on your whale, into the big scary ocean, and start learning again. And creating.

Above all, life is about creating. And learning. And having fun.

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