The new old concept

I have been working as a software tester for almost 7 years now, while in India or during my first 4 years of working, i was busy catching up with all about the software and software testing buzz. I appeared and cleared for some testing certifications like CSQA and ISTQB foundation to keep up with market demands. But it the "concept" did not struck me till I came to US for work and seen people going beyond their boundaries of work duties to fullfil their inner desires. I saw people caring about what they like, nurturing their hobbies, learning new things all the time. I was impressed and felt like that was something I always wanted but did not know how. Another feeling was - I am wasting a lot of time in my life doing nothing! So, I talked to one of my best friends saying lets do something together, this was sometime in 2006 and nothing really happened till now. The thought lingered but could not find a thing to put my finger on and say, that's what I want to do. Recently, on visit home, I talked it all out with a bunch of friends and we brainstormed on ideas, again the main idea was to do something colaborative. We know each other for a long time now but we never worked together and do not really know the office-faces of us, this way we will know each other even better, and its always easy to take the critisisum from a close friend than seeing it directly reflected in the paycheck!

So, making the long story short - we decided to pull in all the knowledge we have built over years of working and make them shareable by putting up a website. Now, there were other themes also considered for the new website, but this was little more appreciated by everyone. Also, it has a direct customer as one of my friends who has just put up a software shop. So, one fine day, all alone at home, I just went online and registered for a domain, the action was spontaneous that I had no time to think about what I am going to call it, and I named it mytechfinds.com - My Technical Findings, a site to share knowledge, all those small obvious looking solutions you need and the ones which you think that are so obvious that you don't store/save and eventually forget about. More about mytechfinds.com in future posts...