Comments on: I Need to Blog More

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:33:12 +0000

You have a good point, Xavier. Yes, I'm active -- but maybe not active in the way I prefer to be. One thing I'm understanding with all the "micro-content" applications sprouting all over the place is that conversation and writing are different. I'm having a lot of conversation, but I want more writing.

You're also right about the fact I probably need to bring into CTTS more of my "offshore" (;-)) activity. I'm not sure how, though. I already have daily "del.icio.us links" posts in the feed for CTTS, and really don't want to start having "tweet posts" or stuff like that. Still feeling around for a solution.

In the end, yes, I want to write more about what I'm thinking. Get the stuff out of my head. A lot of it is about blogging and social media, but not only (I guess I need to get a few things out of my system first).

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

By: Xavier

Xavier — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:16:44 +0000

It's great that you write about the whole rationale behind your need to blog more (and it's interesting too), and I'm not one to give “more blogging” lessons these days , but the devil's advocate in me feels the need to say this : “don't blog about blogging!”, or even “don't blog about blogging more, just blog!”

Truthfully, you are way more active online than anyone I know in this part of my blogosphere, so I have a hard time see how you could do more. 6 posts in 4 weeks might not be much to you, but you're not including your tumbleblog, your seesmic conversations, your twitter ones or even your Cheese Sandwhich blog – which other, more frequent bloggers happily do – ie Embruns. I'd say you'd need to turn your blog into your own lifestream, à la FriendFeed but self-hosted, in order for you to see how active you are around here.

In the end, I think you should say “I need to blog all my ideas” rather than “I need to blog more”. As always, quality trumps quantity – and you have both, only scattered…

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:33:12 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

By: Xavier

Xavier — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:16:44 +0000

It’s great that you write about the whole rationale behind your need to blog more (and it’s interesting too), and I’m not one to give “more blogging” lessons these days , but the devil’s advocate in me feels the need to say this : “don’t blog about blogging!”, or even “don’t blog about blogging more, just blog!”

Truthfully, you are way more active online than anyone I know in this part of my blogosphere, so I have a hard time see how you could do more. 6 posts in 4 weeks might not be much to you, but you’re not including your tumbleblog, your seesmic conversations, your twitter ones or even your Cheese Sandwhich blog – which other, more frequent bloggers happily do – ie Embruns. I’d say you’d need to turn your blog into your own lifestream, à la FriendFeed but self-hosted, in order for you to see how active you are around here.

In the end, I think you should say “I need to blog all my ideas” rather than “I need to blog more”. As always, quality trumps quantity – and you have both, only scattered…