Comments on: on length and depth http://cygnoir.net/2008/06/22/on-length-and-depth/ the black swan with digital wings Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: cygnoir.net http://cygnoir.net/2008/06/22/on-length-and-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-2592 cygnoir.net Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:09:44 +0000 http://cygnoir.wordpress.com/?p=1809#comment-2592 [...] As I was about to post to my various “status dumps” today, I noticed that I have become mired in my own narrow-minded view of what this website should contain. ["on length and depth"] [...] [...] As I was about to post to my various “status dumps” today, I noticed that I have become mired in my own narrow-minded view of what this website should contain. ["on length and depth"] [...]

]]> By: Stephen http://cygnoir.net/2008/06/22/on-length-and-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-2074 Stephen Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:53:55 +0000 http://cygnoir.wordpress.com/?p=1809#comment-2074 Twitter is pretty limited. Still, i don't complain that it's 75 F unless someone says they've got 106 F. Oh, i went to a movie and left the windows open, and we got 6 inches of water. But half my friends live in a desert, buy water, it's expensive. I live between the Great Lakes. They're not just Great because they're big. Twitter is pretty limited. Still, i don’t complain that it’s 75 F unless someone says they’ve got 106 F. Oh, i went to a movie and left the windows open, and we got 6 inches of water. But half my friends live in a desert, buy water, it’s expensive. I live between the Great Lakes. They’re not just Great because they’re big.

]]> By: Stephen http://cygnoir.net/2008/06/22/on-length-and-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-2073 Stephen Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:50:35 +0000 http://cygnoir.wordpress.com/?p=1809#comment-2073 I'm blogging twice as often as i used to. A little of that is lowering of standards. But some of it is raising standards. What? Yes, i'd come up with an idea not for a single post, but for twenty. And i'd get excited enough about it that i'd get a week ahead. At most i post once a day... The issue with these higher quality posts, is that it's something i know something about. That makes it esoteric. I don't look at my stats, but i imagine that i've driven off most of my traffic. I’m blogging twice as often as i used to. A little of that is lowering of standards. But some of it is raising standards. What? Yes, i’d come up with an idea not for a single post, but for twenty. And i’d get excited enough about it that i’d get a week ahead. At most i post once a day… The issue with these higher quality posts, is that it’s something i know something about. That makes it esoteric. I don’t look at my stats, but i imagine that i’ve driven off most of my traffic.

]]> By: scott http://cygnoir.net/2008/06/22/on-length-and-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-2072 scott Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:37:39 +0000 http://cygnoir.wordpress.com/?p=1809#comment-2072 I am in a similar situation: part of why I stopped blogging was the time investment in writing posts on a daily basis when I often just didn't feel like it. Part of it was that it seemed like there were expectations from my LJ friends to read everything they wrote, and interact much more than I would tend to with email, IM, or other methods. Then there was the drama. Things like twitter give me a good little self-expression outlet and a way to see people are around, but I don't feel like there's any real demand on me. Also, things like flickr cut right to the chase - if I take a photo I want to share, I just stick it there and don't need to write anything about it if I don't feel like it. I am in a similar situation: part of why I stopped blogging was the time investment in writing posts on a daily basis when I often just didn’t feel like it. Part of it was that it seemed like there were expectations from my LJ friends to read everything they wrote, and interact much more than I would tend to with email, IM, or other methods. Then there was the drama.

Things like twitter give me a good little self-expression outlet and a way to see people are around, but I don’t feel like there’s any real demand on me. Also, things like flickr cut right to the chase – if I take a photo I want to share, I just stick it there and don’t need to write anything about it if I don’t feel like it.

]]> By: eyebee http://cygnoir.net/2008/06/22/on-length-and-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-2071 eyebee Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:59:00 +0000 http://cygnoir.wordpress.com/?p=1809#comment-2071 I try to blog regularly, as much as anything as some kind of abstract journal of things I find interesting (and hopefully my readers too), and to keep my readers, and indeed increase them, and yes, also as a small revenue stream. I try to blog regularly, as much as anything as some kind of abstract journal of things I find interesting (and hopefully my readers too), and to keep my readers, and indeed increase them, and yes, also as a small revenue stream.

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