27th Jun 2003
Quarter For My Thoughts
Well well well, my first quarter.
This blog is 3 months old. In that time, I think I’ve started to get into a groove. I’m a bit curious as to what I could do better…
I will say this: I look at other blogs and observe what seems to work, and what’s a turnoff. I’ve (mostly) stayed away from the at-times-tempting Rant, I don’t get too personal, and I’m always aware that a blog is Permanent, no matter what I personally do to my server. Something that I am aware of is that a blog is quite different from a newsgroup - in a newsgroup, you know you have a focused readership. In a blog, I could be getting hits from Aunt Bessie in Boring, Nebraska, Ultra Hipster in the East Village, or Raging Punk Anarchist in a Squat, somewhere in Berlin. I just don’t know.
There are some obvious ways I could get readers. One way is to start trading links with a bunch of people that I don’t really read, but who are into the “popularity contest” aspect of blogdom. That’s just not my style. I think I’d rather continue to improve my writing, and figure out what works best. I do post comments on other people’s sites here and there, where it’s relevant, and have a hope that they will meander over to mine. If they don’t, fine.
Yep, the site design needs an overhaul. I may drop back to an MT default template, and tweak from there, as opposed to backing my current set of templates out of a CSS cul-de-sac. I do have a list of links I want to put on the site, but I think I’ll do it on a separate page - I just don’t believe in the “50 names running down the side” idea. Some links need more context than that.
So it’s my 1st quarter quiz …
Any favorite post? (or one that was galling?)
Want more of a certain subject?
Get more racy, more controversial, and assure myself that I’ll never be able to get a job anywhere? (or become excessively corporate, so that every entry reads like a financial report, press release, or, horror of horrors, a Mission Statement?)
Want to IM me? SonomaDaniel
If you read JavaJoint, thanks. If you’d like me to drop by your site, tell me.
To another Three Months! Cheers!
