State of the Blog
So, it’s now been three months since I started blogging. The freelance blog design job has long since been done, yet I’m still writing away. My site traffic is up about 150 percent, although this is probably because of the Flash Motion DriveBy (after having to deal with the learning curve that comes with ImageMagick‘s setup, I’m thinking of creating yet another online resource) and Star Wars nerds looking for Yoda groovin’. Over this short time period I’ve seen friends’ blogs die out, I’ve joined Technocrati, my blog’s been spammed with really strange posts, and I’ve setup e-mail subscription plug-ins based on a friend’s request. I’ve also seen this blog’s interface design stand alone as the only live representation of my homepage’s delayed redesign. I’ve been swamped with thesis, and come to wonder if this only sucks up more of my precious time.
This idea of me blogging originally started a few years back when my friend Dave, suggested I start one. At the time I was living in the Harrisburg area and going on some road trip adventure nearly every weekend. I thought bloggers were narcissistic and felt I had nothing to say (maybe I’ve just joined them and still have nothing to say!).
Now, ironically, I don’t go on road trips, Dave gave up on blogging (I’m thinking of protesting since Dave has been posing as a blogger since his awesome AJAX site went down, anyone want to join me?), and I’m sitting here typing away. I suppose I’ve found blogs helpful for catching up with friends in far away places.
So, I plan on continuing to post. I’m trying to keep what little writing skills I have sharp, and am trying to get back into doing more photography, regardless of how candid it is (I never take pictures in NYC for some reason). I’m also hoping to get some more of a dialogue going, as I hoped (and still hope) that questions I pose on here get answered…
November 22nd, 2005 at 5:19 pm
It’s coming… ;o)