About Us

Peace be with you.

There was a description here, but it’s been up for years and it was a load of rubbish to be honest.

What IS the Usayd Network?

Depending on the level of maturity of the individual, I am often asked ‘why do you have a website’ or ‘how can you be bothered to do that…?’. I have always had an interest in the internet, this hugely powerful tool where thoughts, visions and realities can be shared on a platform on which everyone pretty much has an equal footing.

This is more than a blog - it certainly didn’t start out like a blog anyway. It was just a place where I began exploring the field of ‘webdesign’ and having my own place to mess about. I discovered WordPress (the software running this site) and loved it. Since 2004 this site has been the host of a rather random array of articles from the ‘geeky world of gaming’ to the ‘lovely political spectrum of current affairs’.

Turning over a new leaf

So more than 4 years down the line, where are we? Well that’s a good question. I can tell you a whole lot has happened in that 4 years in my life and yours. As for the website, well there was a boom in 2005 which steadily slowed to nothingness in 2007. As a friend said to me, “you’ve changed a lot this last few years”. Probably true as I started writing poems (if you can call them that) and just generally becoming more reflective - I decided that was the direction I’d rather the site went in.

Freedom to Speak

This site was built on the principle that you can just hit register and share you’re thoughts (admittedly, once approved otherwise we’d have some dodgy pics on here!). Over the years we have had a number of contributors and I hope that continues to be the case.

Anyway, I have just written this extremely sporadic ‘About Us’ page and I’ll probably regret it later. I think it’s supposed to be ‘trendy’ to write these kinda pages in a very informal manner - it’s supposed to appeal to you!