Blog Update
08/05/08 11:21 Filed in: Site
Still considering restructuring of the site. I fear I
may be forced to leave much of it as it is, not
wanting to break any links to files I've agreed (with
Apple no less) to host. Also, I feel like I want to
keep the blog intact. Many posts are useless, and I
fear the whole thing may lack direction, but it is
supposed to be a web log, right? There's a divergence
in what it means to different people, as a medium,
but I think principally it must remain an archive. A
log is only so valuable as how much content it
contains, and over how long a period it has been
kept. So I do want to keep these postings. Though
that may not be that hard to do. I'm probably making
too much of it in fact. There are only 77 posts on
here. How hard could it be to copy-paste them into
whatever new service I may choose?
So then the question becomes where I'll host the new blog; and I have many thoughts on that. I see that while the Internet moves closer to "Web 2.0," it becomes clear that services like blog hosting can be differentiated to cater to an infinite number of niche groups. Thus have many blog hosts found new ways to style their service, and I think step 1 in finding a new home for the blog should be defining what I want the blog to do. On that point, I have a few clarifications to make: 1st off, I think I must make it as accessible as possible. I never know when the mood may hit me. That means I want a web-based form to post. RapidWeaver is great, iWeb has a lot of virtue, but I feel I've outgrown them both. The principle user of this blog is me. It's where I will vent, occasionally offer valuable opinions others might benefit from hearing, and occasionally offer advice and solutions as my own contribution to humanity. Maybe even produce some new idea. Sometimes I feel like my own, one man think-tank...
So then the question becomes where I'll host the new blog; and I have many thoughts on that. I see that while the Internet moves closer to "Web 2.0," it becomes clear that services like blog hosting can be differentiated to cater to an infinite number of niche groups. Thus have many blog hosts found new ways to style their service, and I think step 1 in finding a new home for the blog should be defining what I want the blog to do. On that point, I have a few clarifications to make: 1st off, I think I must make it as accessible as possible. I never know when the mood may hit me. That means I want a web-based form to post. RapidWeaver is great, iWeb has a lot of virtue, but I feel I've outgrown them both. The principle user of this blog is me. It's where I will vent, occasionally offer valuable opinions others might benefit from hearing, and occasionally offer advice and solutions as my own contribution to humanity. Maybe even produce some new idea. Sometimes I feel like my own, one man think-tank...