I've been struggling with this new communications format we call blogging, trying to figure out how I can adapt it to reflect my worldview and interests, the way I look at and interact with the exponentially expanding dataverse. I am often in awe of what is being done by some bloggers: The Shifted Librarian for example. OK, Jenny is an information professional (so don't try this at home kids!) but the amount of high quality information she filters through her brainpan makes my head spin (which I actually kind of enjoy ;-). And that's just one stop on my daily informational pilgrimage. What to do, what to do?
Good to know that I am not alone in my struggle. Burningbird: a node at the edge has decided to call it quits, and (s)he lays out the reasons behind the decision and in doing so touches on issues I've been mulling over also. A small taste follows, the entire piece is worth reading if you are a blogaholic.
I need to walk among forest paths with thoughts other than "I must remember to post this". I need to meet people and look into their eyes, and to laugh and hear something other than the echo of my own laughter back. And I must stop using this weblog as a surrogate for life and the only way I can do this is to quit cold turkey. Walk away, and not look back.
Now I am by no means a blogaholic, posting sporadically at best. I am making an effort to so more often. I used to put out an ezine in the mid nineties called Bits and Bytes Online Edition: The Online Newsletter for Information Hunter-Gatherers. The format suited me; I am not fond of releasing what amounts to first drafts (like this one) for the world to read. But there is something to be said for the slam bang immediacy of the weblogging format, and it sure is a wild and wacky webby kind of a hootenanny we are having ourselves here.
So I am trying to work out what I want to project here at this particular weblog. I know there is room for a weblog component but I'm not sure if that should be my front page. I'm studying other formats and graphic designs, looking for good ideas to borrow for my own nefarious purposes. Keep watching the skies!
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