Serendipity...why not?
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Today I’m switching the main language of this (we)blog from Portuguese to English. To make this change consistent, I’ve also changed its title, from “O que venho aprendendo” to “Everyday Serendipity”. I love(d) this title. Just thought of it today, while in the bus. It has everything to do with me (that doesn’t mean you should brute force my passwords with this word…), and I was searching for something that would represent me since the first day I created a post here. But I could only discover it now.
The Wikipedia article about serendipity. Main reasons for that change of languages include but are not limited to:
- I have more visitors from outside than inside of Brazil;
- Most of the Brazilian people that I know who read this blog understand English anyways (but the converse is not true);
- After writing in English for a while, I’ve finally managed to increase my confidence in the language and practice it more and more, so why not continue it here?
- Most of what I write here is usually inspired by other blogs or sources also written in English
So, this change looks pretty natural to me. This doesn’t mean I won’t write in Portuguese anymore. I might do it. Anytime. I am also thinking about doing the same thing with my English speaking…that is, I might create videocasts in English about a subject that I know reasonably well (such as…Emacs or Arch Linux look like good candidates). What do you think about it? We’ll see what will happen. Thanks for reading.