Blogging is already almost yesterday’s news. By this I mean the blogging phenomina has been around for an eternity when measured in “internet time.”
I don’t really know what possessed me to begin an experiment with blogging. Perhaps I simply grew tired of hearing reference to this “next big thing” in the myriad online and traditional journals I peruse each day. Maybe the crossover of blogging to more mainstream channels, including political endeavors of seemingly all sizes and shapes, has something to do with my effort.
Of course, the omnipresent command to renew daily diary entries which sits unfulfilled in my mercilous Outlook to do list also must be included in the mix. Whether I have the fortitude to actually utilize a blog based program to continue my sporadic personal commentary of life is another question entirely. I recognize that only myself, and possibly my daughter at some later point in life, is likely to enjoy reading my general observations of life’s joys and follies. The knowledge of such a limited audience hasn’t stopped me from scribing thoughts sporadically through the years in various paper and electronic files. However, I have lacked the Doogie Hooser fortitude necessary to religiously add my two cents, or two paragraphs, as the case may be on a daily basis. Perhaps the ability to post from sea to shining sea, with PDA, browser or NotePad, will eliminate some of the excuses I come up with to continue the ramblings.
On a practical note, a part of me wants to see if the underpinnings of a robust, database driven, blog engine might provide a solution for a several clients filled with opinion but short on technical prowess.... You know allowing a web site client free access to update their site has great appeal to web developers (despite what some clients might wrongly think). I have utilized Macromedia’s solid client agent, Contribute with success with some clients. However, robust blogging software may well offer greater versatility for both designer and client.... or so the medium’s advocates would have us believe.