So as you’ve probably noticed, andydesoto.com has been quiet as of late; over the summer, I averaged around five articles a week or so, but it’s been difficult keeping that momentum up through the rest of 2008. Why have things slowed down for me?
I once read somewhere that it was a no-no to talk about this sort of thing on your site. I don’t remember who said it– maybe Chris Brogan, Problogger, or someone like that (let’s be honest, it’s all kind of the same anyway). They said, “Never, ever start off a post talking about why you haven’t posted. It’s unprofessional.” Sorry guys, I’m going to be unprofessional for a minute here.
Sure, it’s tough managing a blog and an undergraduate existence at the same time, anyway, but let’s put curricular activities aside for a moment; the news just isn’t what it was Summer 2008. Back then, before the harder economic times hit, new services and utilities were basically announced daily. That’s what I love– being the first to try out something new and share it here. I really am the typical tech early adopter. However, for a long period of time following, practically the only news flowing through top-tier blogs like TechCrunch were notices of layoffs and deadpoolings.
I don’t blog to cover the reality of social media and online networking– I write to share the magic of it.
I don’t blog to cover the reality of social media and online networking– I write to share the magic of it. Awesome things like being able to take a photo of a CD album on your phone and instantly order it online, giving a penpal from overseas a walking tour of your neighborhood, things like that.
And as the reality of the tougher economic times has settled in, things even more unusual have been popping up in the place of those dreadfully realistic job loss reportings. Aptly-named “bitchmemes” arise just to garner traffic on offdays. People take professional things personally and make their personal lives their professions. Even a service I once admired, now-overly-self-referential FriendFeed, has nothing better to do than crown an unwilling Queen.
Nobody seems to be having real fun, and I guess that’s why I’m having a hard time writing about it.
Where to from here?
Where do I go from here? The simplest option would be to close down andydesoto.com, as a blog that never publishes isn’t necessarily worth keeping around. I think that’s the easy way out, though, as there’s no reason the site shouldn’t live to see it’s first birthday. No, I’m still excited about technology, even in this unusual environment. Just take Robert Scoble’s recent interview of Tim O’Reilly, for instance– there’s no way you can watch that and not get excited about the future of the web.
Maybe I’ll turn to the recommendations of those that bump into this post. More than enough people are covering the tech basics. Perhaps I ought to drill even deeper into a niche.
What can andydesoto.com do for you?
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On the hunt for blogging momentum
by Andy DeSoto on December 30, 2008
I once read somewhere that it was a no-no to talk about this sort of thing on your site. I don’t remember who said it– maybe Chris Brogan, Problogger, or someone like that (let’s be honest, it’s all kind of the same anyway). They said, “Never, ever start off a post talking about why you haven’t posted. It’s unprofessional.” Sorry guys, I’m going to be unprofessional for a minute here.
Sure, it’s tough managing a blog and an undergraduate existence at the same time, anyway, but let’s put curricular activities aside for a moment; the news just isn’t what it was Summer 2008. Back then, before the harder economic times hit, new services and utilities were basically announced daily. That’s what I love– being the first to try out something new and share it here. I really am the typical tech early adopter. However, for a long period of time following, practically the only news flowing through top-tier blogs like TechCrunch were notices of layoffs and deadpoolings.
I don’t blog to cover the reality of social media and online networking– I write to share the magic of it. Awesome things like being able to take a photo of a CD album on your phone and instantly order it online, giving a penpal from overseas a walking tour of your neighborhood, things like that.
And as the reality of the tougher economic times has settled in, things even more unusual have been popping up in the place of those dreadfully realistic job loss reportings. Aptly-named “bitchmemes” arise just to garner traffic on offdays. People take professional things personally and make their personal lives their professions. Even a service I once admired, now-overly-self-referential FriendFeed, has nothing better to do than crown an unwilling Queen.
Nobody seems to be having real fun, and I guess that’s why I’m having a hard time writing about it.
Where to from here?
Where do I go from here? The simplest option would be to close down andydesoto.com, as a blog that never publishes isn’t necessarily worth keeping around. I think that’s the easy way out, though, as there’s no reason the site shouldn’t live to see it’s first birthday. No, I’m still excited about technology, even in this unusual environment. Just take Robert Scoble’s recent interview of Tim O’Reilly, for instance– there’s no way you can watch that and not get excited about the future of the web.
Maybe I’ll turn to the recommendations of those that bump into this post. More than enough people are covering the tech basics. Perhaps I ought to drill even deeper into a niche.
What can andydesoto.com do for you?