Since I’ve only been doing this for a couple of months, I’ve been wondering about a few things. Do I have to post a brand new note and tell people if I edit old notes or do stuff like add pictures (like when I added some photos to the 2 entires from the 14th & 15th of Nashville stuff)?
Ya see, now part of me says, “Hey, it’s my blog and I can do whatever I want,” while the other half says, “Oh, but if I don’t tell people, they will miss important things like that outstanding photo taken at the Grand Olde Opry.”
Then I was blog surfing and came across someone saying they never re-read any entries so there are typos & stuff. I’d have a freaking heart attack if it’s not perfect. I am just way too obsessive to not go back and check for spelling errors and typos. Yes, and you are all laughing at me thinking, “This is perfect??” Okay, not perfect but I don’t want to do any really stupid things like say pubic instead of public.
What about this posting every single day thing I have going? Sure the 5 people who read this every day will like that but isn’t it inconsiderate of me for those who only read it once a week? Who wants to read 7 posts? I suppose it could be worse, though. It could be 7 posts saying stuff like, “Today I went to the store. Yesterday I went for a walk…”
All right, I do believe it’s time for me to go off to bed. And if that damn dog wakes me up at 4:30 a.m. again, he’s going to be heading home to Jesus a lot sooner than he thinks.
April 24th, 2007 at 12:56 am Quote
Well, you don’t HAVE to do anything.
I only have a strong opinion about one of the questions you raised. Many, many more readers lose interest because a lack of posts rather than too many. I wouldn’t ever worry about overloading the blog. That doesn’t mean you have to post every day, though.
I’ve been to your blog a few times today because I’m experimenting with Google Reader. I like it so much more than any other RSS feed I’ve ever used. This is the first one I’ve used might inspire me to have blog entries pushed to me. This way, I won’t forget about some of my faves and then have to spend a long time catching up. Like most Google software, it’s simple and elegant.
I do think you should point out when you update a blog entry. If there were a way to show all updates, as well as unread comments, I might not think so. I’m a devoted reader but it’s a little too much to expect me to look over the archive every dy day in case you’ve updated something.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:42 am Quote
Yeah, that was my take on it, too. Far as posting every day, it’s more a self imposed discipline. I think this is the first time in my life I ever consistently wrote every single day and that is a good thing. Well for me anyway.
April 24th, 2007 at 10:54 pm Quote
By the way, I love Google Reader. And I just put a new plugin on here. It’s for page navigation. It’s way on the bottom of the page. Unfortunately it won’t allow you to scroll to the previous & next blog entry if you’re on an individual one but it will allow you to go to previous & next pages from the main page view and if you’re within one of the categories. Better than nothing, I guess.