It’s true, I’m moving to London!

You might have seen the tweet or maybe I talked to you personally (yet, in that case, you’ve probably known about this for months). Yes, it’s true, I’m starting a Computer Science with Management course at King’s College London, a top-rated UK university, in September, just over 1 month from now! If you know me personally, you’re likely not surprised at my course choice: I’m a fan of technology startups and entrepreneurship in the tech world.

My main task during the next month will be to adjust my online life to this new reality of having a part-time job and uni work to keep up with, while at the same time unleash the potential of living in a vibrant city such as London. While a few details haven’t been worked out yet, I know the following:

  • I intend to maintain a healthy web presence for years to come and I’m still a strong believer that success over comes from where we less expect: extra-curricular activity. Just like excessive commitment to online activities can be harmful, I believe that blindly carrying out academic tasks with narrow objectives can be just as mind-numbing. It will be my obligation over the next 3 years to strike a responsible, healthy balance eyeing long-term priorities, not just next semester’s report card.
  • My commitment to RedmondPie, which began just a few months ago, will remain largely intact. I don’t plan to walk away from my current role as a daily contributor, yet I’d be lying if I said there wouldn’t have to be some changes. I’ll work out with the site’s management ways we can work more efficiently and restrain the daily workload, while at the same time maintain the same healthy flow of content I’m currently pumping out every single day.
  • My social networking presence will be streamlined, and most of it will now be dedicated to real-life friends, not as much online ones. Moreover, my online presence will adopt a more professional focus in order to attract prospective employers. Sure, I’ll still have my fun side which will be well-expressed, but expect more career-related activity. That doesn’t necessarily have to be boring, y’know!
  • Over time, I expect real-life and online endeavors to be combined into one, both academically and professionally. Down the line, it won’t make sense for me to maintain endeavors that will exclusively benefit me online, yet I believe many opportunities are only available through an Internet connection before they reach a physical form.
  • In order to balance all my priorities, I think it’s safe to say that my online time will be significantly reduced. I’ll do this while still maintaining the commitments I outlined above.

If you took the time to read all the stuff above, my sincere congratulations, you’re a genius.

To this, I must add that I’l continue phasing out my online handle for my real name. I’ve been slowly breaking down the barriers over the last few months and I believe that it’s time.

I’m incredibly pleased about this development and I believe that it will enable me to do much more than I am doing today, not only in 2 months, but a few years down the road. In the 17 short years of my life, this was the first life test, and I believe I passed it with an A+.