Opening Salvo

Having prevaricated for several days, I thought I'd get going with an introductory spiel about why I'm starting this personal blog.

Firstly, a tip of the hat to Tarek Nseir, Boss of TH_NK, who was the prime mover, suggesting that I start writing to share my ideas and passions.

I'm an ideas-led fellow, and look forward to the opportunity to pass on what interesting tidbits and trends I'm looking into at the time of posting.

I would like to think that, in writing this blog, I can tap into the ever-growing wisdom of an increasingly self-aware "crowd" that is the Internet - and that this will encourage a two-way flow of ideas. :-)

Potential future topics for discussion:

• Fungi
• Emergent Complexity & Self-organisation
• The works of Steven Berlin Johnson
• Crowd-sourcing
• Virtual Worlds
• Information & Knowledge Management
• A bit of politics (emphasis on "bit")
  
• fyi, I've subscribed to The Economist for ten years, so consider myself socially liberal, economically conservative
  
• n.b. there may be the occasional rant when I get particularly frustrated!
  
• Graphic design, typefaces and the like
  
• Mountain biking
• Emotional, spiritual and psychological toolsets - my undergraduate degree was Psychology

That's probably about it for now. "Wellbanked" is derived from the house name of my dear Granny, Frances Gwendoline [name withheld], God bless 'er. :-D