*tap* *tap* *squeal*
Is this thing on?
Okay, I’ll bite. I’ll blog. I’ll add my off-key tune to the white noise of the internet.
Who am I? I’m Ivo Vegter. I write and argue for fun and profit. I live and work in South Africa as a columnist and magazine journalist, but I always keep some orange gear ready in support of Holland, the country of my birth.
As a bass line, I’ll publish some of my work here. I write columns (and other stuff) for several magazines. In the usual course of events, expect a couple of monthly columns to appear here for your online convenience. As accompaniment, I’ll post observations, arguments, notable quotes and quirky quips about technology, economics, politics, and anything else that’s mildly entertaining. Sometimes, they may even be my own.
You may wonder about that avatar. It’s what I’d look like if I wore a trench coat and carried a lantern and morning star. Actually, it’s our unofficial family emblem. It represents a Danish night watchman, which appears to be the medieval origin of the surname “Vegter”.
Now that I’ve figured out how to write stuff, please excuse me while I figure out the rest of this blogging software.
welcome IVO! thought u could start quietly eh? don’t 4get to register this on amatomu.com
Well, I’m a quiet sorta fella. If all goes according to plan, the blog address isn’t permanent either. But it’s registered :^)
Nice - subdued, but quietly intelligent. I think you’ve just raised the tone of the Internet. Welcome.
Welcome Ivo. You have been added to my daily feed. I am counting on you here.
JD
Bah! You are making me post to my dead blog ;)
I’ve been posting like a rabid bunny on my Korean blog, always meaning to write more in English. I’ll do so now, as long as you keep posting. hannakroukamp.wordpress.com (still housecleaning… I see that you are also playing around with the design and what not)