Already with two jobs, a few too many hobbies, and a new marriage, I’m faced with not having enough time do devote to content creation. I have ideas for dozens of articles and my list to to-write is ever-growing, but I’d be living with one fewer job [or wife] if I took the time to expand on the ideas (or would/could this turn into a job too?). I’m pretty happy leaving this as a tertiary gig, but that turns this place, my little spot on the web, into a ghost town when I’m not writing (I get about 100 hits a day on days I post, but only about a dozen when I don’t), and I don’t like that. This can last for a week or more, but it doesn’t have to.
I’ve got a story to tell, I read many items that I think others would find interesting, I view many items that others find funny, I often have a quick opinion on something that someone else has already put better than I could hope to… Do I dare adopt the linkblog format? I love the idea of presenting more and shaping what I share to create a voice, but am cautiously optimistic of it; what if it causes me to get lazy in my own writing? Keeping this place active with links and commentary is almost too easy. On the other hand, it could lend me more time to put into quality creation as I’ll be less rushed to keep the cobwebs from getting thick.
Some reads on the subject:
- An interview of one of the style’s pioneers, John Gruber
- An article against the format – The Linkblog Cancer
- A response to the above article from another of the style’s top dogs
So what say you, hearty half-dozen keep up with me on a regular basis? Do you want to see me post with a bit of commentary about external links that I find interesting? Or do you want this place to remain slower-paced and entirely by me? My vote is to up the pace and share more, but I’ll listen to your opinions as I write as much for you as I do for me.
Comments
Facebook is for links. Blogs are for commentary.
But what happens when everyone replies to your blog on Facebook? Or when Facebook dies?
Switch to Facebook comments. Or move on to the next thing.
I have looked into FB comments. Not the easiest thing to do in WP, but certainly within my ability. Will likely switch to them tonight.
Tried FB comments, but it was very disjointed. The comments used FB, but didn’t tie the story and the comments together on FB. I need something that can do that… mirror everything in both places. When I share something on FB (a bit I’ve written), I want the comments to be mirrored here.
Remain slower-paced writing and let it remain entirely by you.