The silence is deafening

I don’t know why, but I’ve had so many things I’ve wanted to write in the last month (yes, it’s been almost a month since my last update, sigh) but for some reason, I just haven’t been able to commit my thoughts into words for long enough to get a coherent entry written.

(I know what you’re thinking: like this entry is coherent, either? Okay, fine — that’s my point, get it?)

I generally try to write fewer, but longer, entries because I know how hard it is to keep up with folks who post lots of little entries all the time, but now I’m realizing: they probably do it so they can get a thought off their chest rather than not posting anything, like I have been all month long.

Maybe I should try an experiment for November, where I write entries of whatever length they happen to be, and just post stuff. Those of you who read this will let me know if it’s okay or not, right?

Comments

  1. I suggest:

    * post often, but use clear titles
    * make a separate feed for personal stuff (I have a tech-only feed)
    * use categories and incorporate this into your feeds (e.g. “Filed under: Personal”)

  2. It seems like all signs point to “post often” — I guess I’ll have to try and overcome that hurdle first.

  3. “post often” keeps “post infrequently” from turning into “post never”. i dunno, i’ve been thinking about this kind of stuff recently, too.

  4. I think part of my reluctance to post is the fact that I’ve been cross-posting my entries both to this blog as well as my LiveJournal and Blogger blogs, because (I’m dumb, but that’s besides the point) I know that there are folks who will read this blog, and then there are folks who’ll only read my LJ, or a very select few who will only read the Blogger one. So, I post entries to all three, which takes extra effort — which is probably a reason why I don’t post as much.

    To be honest, I could probably stop posting to the Blogger one and just urge those folks to read this blog instead. But, LiveJournal is tough: I actually think LJ has better comment-handling support than my blog does: LJ has threaded comments and email notification when someone replies to your comment. LJ also has cutesy features like “user icons” and stuff, which makes it fun …

    What to do … what to do …

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