Tattered Page

Tatteredpage wasn’t originallyintended as a public site.  I needed somewhere to experiment, hash out ideas, and doodle a little.  The site was meant as a temporary dumping spot to share occasionally with friends, colleagues, and students. 

This wasn’t a place for completed ideas- it was an online version of the paper napkin I’d doodle on while waiting for a meal, or that well-worn notebook that’s the first record of my daydreams… or that neglected scrap of paper that just happened to be in reach when the ideas came pouring out.

It served that purpose well- not something easily stumbled upon but easily accessible by those that needed to know about it. I never thought of using it for a blog.  When I wanted a more public presence, I’d pony up for a better name.

But what better name?  Blogs are, for the most part, where we share our incomplete ideas, seek feedback, and refine them further before we go committing them to some more permanent form.  They ARE the online equivalent of those doodled-on-napkins, worn out journals, and tattered pages of loose paper scattered about our workshop.

So why not “TatteredPage?”