On blogging, hiatus, and next steps
I’ve been thinking about how to write this post for a while.
It’s not that I’m trying to convey anything earth-shattering; it’s just that I’ve wanted to both convey that my attitude toward blogging has changed (evolved?) while also *showing* the change through what I’m doing with Online Media Cultist. The result has been a hiatus of sorts from “native” OMC posts while doing some freelance writing for Web Worker Daily and going through a number of real life/web life roller coaster rides and machinations.
In any event, the general desire I’ve had for a while is to get back to more of a homegrown style of blogging, to write about and point out what I find to be cool about the Internet. Without worrying about what are the hottest stories of the day, without worrying about blogging as a “business.” The practical goal (I hope) is to publish more frequently, faster and (a bit) looser, shorter and punchier posts.
While writing longer reviews and analysis of new web products and services is rewarding, I’m looking to get back to what brought me to the blogging game (in 2004, originally with Dumpster Bust and shortly thereafter with Blogcritics) in the first place.
See something cool, write about why I think so, and publish it with the thought that others might feel the same. Maybe even open up a conversation about said thing. And that’s where things get really cool.
Make any sense?
So, I’ve piled up a goodly number of topics over the last several weeks, and now I’m ready to give it a go.
And if you see something worth being made mention of, drop me a line at dumpsterbust@gmail.com.
