Dropping Keys

Hi there,

Welcome to Dropping Keys, the personal blog of Brooks Duncan (that’s me). I’m quite possibly the last person on Earth to have a personal blog, but that’s cool with me if it is cool with you.

You can find out more about me on my About page, but very briefly, I am a former accountant/computer programmer/software support manager who recently left the corporate world to strike out on my own.

For those that don’t know me from my corporate life, I’m probably best known for the DocumentSnap blog, where I post tips and strategies for going paperless.

Why Is The Blog Called Dropping Keys?

Good question. The inspiration for the title came from this post by Chris Guillebeau, where he posted this poem by Hafiz, a 14th century Sufi poet:

The small man
Builds cages for everyone
He
Knows.
While the sage,
Who has to duck his head
When the moon is low,
Keeps dropping keys all night long
For the
Beautiful
Rowdy
Prisoners.

That pretty much describes how I have tried to approach my career this far (er, the sage, not the small man), and my goal for the future is, again as Chris says, to “build fewer cages; drop more keys.”

What Will I Be Posting Here?

This blog will be mostly a way for me to get stuff out of my head that I am thinking about.

Since I just finished up a number of years managing people and have experience working in large corporates, small dying startups, government, and family businesses, a lot of my posts will probably be about work, management, entrepreneurship, and stuff like that.

Since I also have two boys, I will probably post some family stuff too, who knows. I promise not to post about my cat (especially since I don’t have one). We shall see!

If there’s anything you want me to write about in particular, feel free to drop a comment or send me an email. Thanks for reading!