Why I was on a blogging hiatus
I haven't blogged for so long that I'm no longer embarrassed. I figure that anyone who had followed my posts has since moved on. Here's some of the reasons that I didn't blog:
- I needed to focus on other chores.
- Blogging itself wasn't fun anymore. It had turned into yet another chore.
- I felt that I had to be scholarly, and I wasn't particularly in a scholarly mood.
There are many types of blogs. I often feel that my blog is struggling to fit into some category.
Yet since I blog as an extension of my business, "to blog or not to blog" is not the question. It is better to not have a blog than to let it slumber into oblivion.
I have no grandiose vision that my blog will make the home page of Technorati. Nor do I want the readership and, thus, correlated responsibility, of a BoingBoing.
What I do want is for my blog posts to matter. Readers can tell if a blogger is fulfilling an obligation versus writing from passion. My passion is of no value unless my blog posts cause the reader to question the "obvious." I write about blogs and other social media, e-communication, e.g., email and instant messaging, and collaborative technologies. I believe that the intersection of technology and human communication can dictate how businesses operate and how personal relationships form.
During my hiatus, I learned that a blog post, like much in life, doesn't need to be perfect -- however, it does need to be meaningful. I hope not to go on hiatus again, but, if I do, I'll try to keep it short rather than let it fester through neglect.