It’s been four years this weekend since I tentatively made my first post on this blog, from a hotel room in Banff, March 2002.

Lots has happened since that fateful day. A career change, a change in personal status, my first house purchase, my first race, lots of trips and a new furry friend. An entirely renewed circle of great friends, too numerous to all link, but all of whom met through my blog. The realization that I’ve found the expressive outlet I’ve always sought.

As I pass this milestone, my concern these days is how my current and potential future employers feel about my blogging. It’s becoming less and less possible for me to hide behind the alias. Many people have associated me with lightspeedchick in the past months; I knew this would eventually happen, and it is just going to increase. I have no problem standing by my words and opinions as a person, but I am also part of a company that may feel differently about my writing. Luckily for me, there is precedent. Many well-known videogame producers blog, using their real identities. Also, I do not and will not blog specifics about my projects, clients or employees. Hopefully, this will be enough for two very important elements of my life, videogame production and blogging, to peacefully coexist for many more years.

But blogging would be nothing without people contributing, commenting, caring, reading, reacting. So thanks everyone for making this little experiment so rewarding!