Recently, I’ve been off on one of my all-too-frequent blogging vacations. There are many causes for them: busy periods in my various projects, a lack of motivation to write, large scale posts that become overly ambitious and that I therefore overwork, etc. No reasons that are really ever very good.
In an attempt to put an end to this current vacation, I’ve come up with a strategy. I’m going to set myself a quota of three posts a week, but give myself the freedom (even the commission) to let them range more widely in topic than I normally would. Though it may be less than totally apparent, I do imagine some kind of connective theme to the things I write here. They all involve “ideas” of various kinds, as silly as that may sound.
So, some of these posts will surely be of less interest to you than others. Some may be more technical, some may be more personal, many will be more random. Your job is to flow freely with the feedback and I’ll hone the topics. It’s a throw it up against the wall and see what sticks kind of thing.
Also: Thanks to the very helpful Curt Merrill, I just managed to upload all my old posts from when I used to host this blog on my own. Eventually, I’ll go through and tag them all into categories, but in the meantime, they’re something to read.
glad to hear it! as much as i enjoyed the post about lindsay’s mural, i’ve been jonesing for new content. in short: along with the power of blogging, comes the responsibility of keeping me entertained.
I’m glad to hear that you’re going to post again. You keep me entertained at work!
I have been meaning to tell you to blog more often. And I think shorter can often be better. You have no idea how many people rely on the blogs of their friends for entertainment at work, and yours is always interesting…except for when it get super technical and I feel like I am reading Chinese, but I know that a lot of people find that fascinating, and I have definitely learned a lot from those techie blogs. Anyway, the point is…good idea! I look forward to the results.
do blogs have to be short? the world is too full of sound bites already. deep think pieces are good – complex connections reveal truths – unique pov’s are needed – “technicalities” are not trivial, they are the essence of truth. concentration spans need to be enlarged. Keep it up, don’t dumb down.