What will you be talking about? Why should I trust anything you have to say?
These are the many questions that I ask myself when I visit a blog. I want to know who is the person behind the words, what are their qualifications and why should I trust anything they have to say. And I guess that you are wondering the same thing about me… so here it is…
As I have a background in computer technology, I always felt comfortable with everything techie. I will even go as far as saying that I enjoy it very much.
Since the beginning, I have had a web site that I have redesigned so many times to follow the trends… I started with Frontpage 2000, then with Microsoft Expression Web which gave me headaches. This, combined with a growing pain of working on my PC, caused me to take a bit of a distance from the Internet.
Then, in May 2008, I could not take it anymore, tossed my old Windows machine to the wind -lots of wind this day 
- and purchased a brand new Macbook Pro. You know what they say… when you go Mac, you don’t go back. Not only I got rid of my headaches, but I found out that it was possible to work better and faster. I was back on the Internet and directly into Web 2.0!
I wanted to blog, and although I felt self-conscious about my funny French accent, I wanted to make audios and videos. And most of all I wanted to learn about social networking. Anyway, better later than never, here I am!
That’s an easy one. I am going to talk about what I love and what I know: glass, working with glass and the business of glass. But also about my passions and inspirations and about life experiences in general.
But I won’t have the arrogance of placing myself as a teacher or a guru. I am not here to give lessons. I am here to share experience about my journey into the world and wish that my readers will enjoy it and maybe benefit from it.
What I’d like to talk about will range from my inspirations for being an artist and the story behind my work to how-to glass projects and business products that I use everyday.
Also, what I am not going to talk about: boring details like my broken washer, dryer, fridge… what’s for dinner and photos of my husband on the beach.
However, I will allow myself to stray and post “off topic” every now and them. I love working with glass, and I love working on my business. But I also love to get out of the studio sometimes. And I will also talk about what I do when I am not doing what I do (euh, does it make sense?).
Well… you must know that during all those years, I have tried so many things… both into the area of glass working and into running a business of promoting and selling my work. I’ve had successes and failures, but I learned from each one of them. Failures are only failures when you do not learn form them… I see them as speed bumps. They just slowed me down a little bit but never changed my direction.
I enjoy reading about other people’s experiences and reviews and I wish that you will enjoy reading about mine. I also encourage people to leave comments or questions on my posts. I am very much interested into what you have to say and I will reply to each of them.
See you online!
Patricia
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