A New Year, A New Blog (And, Why I'm Doing It)

It's been a long time coming. It started months ago when people started asking why I didn't blog anymore. It sure felt like I was still blogging. And I was, just not on Employee Evolution.

What I realized is that I'm not that passionate about writing on careers anymore. When I was sitting in a cubicle every day it was great, I was living it. But that's just not the air I'm breathing anymore.

Today, I live and breathe community. In retrospect I always have. So as hard as it is to say goodbye to EE—the blog that started it all—I've decided to move into something I can be more passionate about.

I'm feeling a lot like I did during my last semester of college—anxious. I guess that's fitting since I bought my domain (ryanpaugh.com) at about that time.

I was sitting around with a couple or friends—drinking tequila—and talking about what we would be doing after graduation. I decided that it would be a good idea to own my domain name. So I hopped on GoDaddy, whipped out a credit card and made the most intelligent choice I'll probably ever make while drinking tequila.

I squatted on that domain for going on three years. Today, it's finally being debuted: My new bachelor pad on the World Wide Web.

The landing page (ryanpaugh.com) is nothing more than an introduction to who I am, where I've been and what I hope to accomplish through the site. My real focus will be at ryanpaugh.com/blog, where I contribute regular content about personal discoveries, social media and community.

Here are a few things you can come to expect week to week …

Blog posts about community: Online, offline, in popular culture, etc. I'll continue to focus a lot of my attention on Generation Y.

Brazen Community profiles: Every week I'll feature a member of the Brazen Community as part of my continuous quest to bring great Gen-Y voices into the spotlight.

Brazen Community updates: Every week I'll blog (or vlog) about what's going on at Brazen HQ. One of my big goals in 2009 is to bring better streams of communication to our Brazen Community. This is the first step in that process.

Lots of pictures: I love taking them. Now that I'm out meeting the stellar people of the Brazen World, I want to be able to share the experience with all of you.

So now that we've gone over the basics, go subscribe to the site! Leave comments! Your feedback is really important to me, and I'll be making changes based on what you say.

Thanks to everyone who has supported Ryan Healy and I with Employee Evolution. It's really sad to walk away (I feel like I'm neglecting a child), but it's a good decision. Employee Evolution will be a more focused blog, and I'll finally have a place to explore my own passions more deeply.

I hope you'll come and join me for the ride!

*Special thanks to Benjamin Jancewicz and the team at Zerflin. They go above and beyond with their work and I'm happy I had the chance to work with them again. Check them out. They do everything, online and offline.

**And congrats to the Jancewicz family on their new baby boy!

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Dan Schawbel

Jan 12th, 2009 at 7:13 am

Ryan, good luck and I'm looking forward to your new blog!

Cheers!

Jaclyn

Jan 12th, 2009 at 9:48 am

Ryan, your site looks awesome! Just added it to my Google Reader.
Look forward to seeing what you have to say over there.

Mark W.

Jan 12th, 2009 at 10:02 am

I can relate to this – "and made the most intelligent choice I'll probably ever make while drinking tequila." LOL. My tequila experience could be a blog post … but won't be.
I look forward to your focus and passion on community on your new blog while still being a fan of yours on BC.

JR Moreau

Jan 12th, 2009 at 10:38 am

Best of luck with your new endeavors Ryan!

Ryan Paugh

Jan 12th, 2009 at 11:02 am

Thanks for the support everyone! I'm excited to get the ball rolling.

One quick think I want to point out: The link I provided to ryanpaugh.com/blog is not working right now. I guess we are still working out a few kinks. For now, you can get to my blog by visiting ryanpaugh.com and clicking on the "blog" tab in the upper right side of the screen.

I'd love for people to provide some feedback. The blog portion of the site is EXTREMELY simple. I did not want to overcrowd things at the beginning. But if you think there's something not there that should be, please give me a shout via comments.

Thanks.

-RP

BusinessForNoobs

May 1st, 2009 at 8:01 am

I think your blog needs a new wordpress template.

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