Keeping it real

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Like this man here, I'm also interested in things other than cars…

Like this man here, I'm also interested in things other than cars…

When I started my website 1.2 million years ago, I was primarily interested in cars. Actually, I was interested in many things, but cars seemed like the cool thing to talk about.

Now, I feel I’ve developed enough of an online presence (and as a writer!) to talk about things that I’m interested in, besides cars. So I’ve been working on this sorta-snazzy update with the hopes of featuring more of the design, music, tech, events, and social media stuff I’m interested in.

You’ll slowly start to see things move around, and styles get updated (many of the old articles are sorta weird-looking), but this is the direction I’m going in. Deal with it.

Car stuff will be mostly confined to editorial pieces, photos, and my podcast; check out my Car Chat blog for the latest and greatest. Since I make a living writing about cars, you’ll hopefully understand it’s a bore to talk about them on my personal website, on Car Chat, and for paid work.

If you have any suggestions or ideas, leave them in the comments below. Thanks for your continued support — it’s been a pleasure to connect with everyone through the years.

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  • You've turned out to be an interesting chap, Banovsky. I'm looking forward to your non-vehicular content.

    I'm reminded of how my own websites went this route. I started the DR site to talk about cars, my Galant VR4 rally car project specifically. Then I bought a second Galant, so it was about the pair. I reached a point where finances wouldn't allow me to post regular updates and I didn't want to ONLY talk about the Galants, so I started talking about other things.

    This made the site seem odd, so I moved the Galants to their own domain. It was fairly liberating. Now I had the freedom to talk about whatever I wanted, but the trick was defining a common thread. Just as I was getting closer to cracking that nut, I started the Gearbox project and both of these sites have sort of gone back burner.

    I love the Carchat site. There's a great team there providing exceptional news delivery, commentary, and community. Everytime I'm there, I remember you mentioning I should use Posterous for Gearbox, and how you might have been right. I enjoy participating, however slight.

    Wishing you success (whatever that looks like) for this site in 2010.
  • Looks great Michael. Hearing about cars all the time can be boring too. I'm happy this site is more of a reflection of your personality. Should allow for a lot more of the Michael Banovsky I know to shine through. I love it. :)
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