Comments on: Still alive!

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:19:05 +0000

Yay, for being a generalist! I think it’s entirely possible to have three or four specialties – after that then they are probably no longer specialties. I totally relate to always wanting to try new topics on for size – and for feeling less urge to blog now that Twitter exists. I loved your post on that Morgan Stanley ‘research note’ recently by the way.

By: Jonathan Brusby

Jonathan Brusby — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:21:09 +0000

Very thought provoking post…it’s an interesting conundrum that many are facing.

I’ve been thinking recently how we’re having to learn to adapt ourselves to the new technological world, learn how to edit our own lives in a public sphere.

We try to second guess what our audience will or won’t be interested in, and try to compartmentalise different areas of life/business to give a sense of coherence. But maybe people actually prefer some juxtaposition of topics? Just like there’s a trend for businesses to write blogs and engage in social media , not just about their dealings but including aspects of daily life and opinions that they think will connect with consumers. It gives them a more human face, which I think is what people are looking for these days – more feeling of openness and understanding. So perhaps there isn’t a need to grow so many tentacles across the web to separate out all our interests…

And curiosity is good and healthy. Feel free to write about whatever takes your fancy. I doubt anyone will complain, probably the opposite.

By: Carl Morris

Carl Morris — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:34:25 +0000

On hosting you could probably roll it all into an overlord reseller account and put all the hosting eggs there?

Also, if “ADD” worked for the likes of Isaac Newton and Leonardo da Vinci then it works for me too.

Happy blogging – as and when.

By: Lily

Lily — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:27:25 +0000

It’s really interesting to read that because I definitely understand the desire to keep content separate – I actually spent this weekend taking my women-in-tech blog and separating it from my ‘personal’ site so that it has it’s own identity for people specifically interested in it to follow, and like you, I hope that it might grow into something larger as I get more involved in that world. At the same time, I already know that my personal site isn’t going to grow very much because I don’t have time to generate content for it. I hope that you find a good way to balance your online content, I’ll be interested to see which way you choose to go.

By: Gordon Rae

Gordon Rae — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:22:37 +0000

Ahhh, so that’s what’s been going on! I really identify with a lot in this post. Twitter gives me the satisfaction of blogging, but in a totally different time-frame (periodicity, yay) Having lots of work stops me hanging out on teh Interwebs cruising for intellectual companionship. And I daren’t try and start a relationship, in case it borks my chances of being rich and famous for good.

I don’t think you have ADD. I think you are a curious polymath and a stranger tractor. I mean.. well, you know what I mean. Even Stephen Fry has started to apologise for not posting very often. So…take your fancy and run with it.