Gorilla’s been doing this blog now for a year, and here’s what he’s learned:
1) Blogging software’s come a long way. 5 years ago, it was just too much of a hassle trying to configure everything and learn things like php. The purpose of blogging is to write, not to wallow in tech support bottlenecks.
2) My audience consists primarily of one person: me. I write for my own pleasure and have never expected anything in the way of popularity. As it turns out, this is the right approach, since the number of actual people commenting on the blog this year can probably be numbered at a dozen.
3) Number of posts: 859, or roughly 3-4/day. This is more or less what I expected to produce, because there are plenty of days/weeks when absolutely nothing happens that’s worth a comment, an analysis, or a laugh. I plan to produce more in year 2, but events, dear boy, events will determine what I achieve.
4) I’ve learned a lot about the nature of the blogging commentariat. There’s an awful lot of repetition on the topical stories. There’s not as much humor as I would like to read in other blogs. There’s too much focus on the minutiae of DC politics, and not enough on the big issues in our country and around the world. Optimistically, the variety of opinions and information now available makes it easier to be inspired and far simpler to be an informed citizen.
5) I love the ability to incorporate music and video easily. This is more or less what I was doing when Gorilla Meek Enterprises launched in 1998, but it was a chore then, both to amass the material and make it presentable on the web. In the old days, it was click through Amazon cover art, now it’s YouTube embedding, cut and paste is making progress at last!!!
Gorilla says: “Thanks to all who have read the blog, please keep the comments coming, I hope you’ll join me for the ride in year 2!”
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