Quality, Quantity and How Others Are Blogging

Yesterday night I was told by a few friends that I didn't update my blog enough. At some stage a few weeks back I managed to do 5 in 6 days, which I thought was pretty good. Now with a deadline for my uni project hanging over my head, whenever I'm online, I shouldn't be sitting there bored, just looking for more sites to read and then thinking "I've finished with the Internet, I'd better blog now." I should be doing work and there always seems someone online to let me know that. But a request is a request, so I'll both post and try to explain myself.

I like having quality posts. Few and far between they may be, but I'd like to think they look more like articles than a one-way Messenger conversation. I've thrown quite a few posts out and I've got a few old ones that are a bit too dated to post now. I'll save those for when you guys are desperate for new stuff. I think my point is that since I spend time on writing posts, I need free time to do that, which I'd normally rather spend doing nothing. Usually I have to reach the peak of boredom or anger at a particular topic to post something.

I read Brad's blog this afternoon for the first time in over a week and discovered he added a "Cool Blogs" section. I'm happy to be mentioned alongside some great blogs like Brad's brother Gavin's one. Brad noted that it was "the runaway success of [his] (blogging) family - he actually gets visitors."

Reading it, I actually wondered whether bloggers actually aim to get visitors, because I haven't. I've got a few readers from work who've curiously clicked through from Josh's blog, but I don't advertise it in my MSN tagline or encourage anyone there to read it. I doubt my blog has the sort of qualities to sustain a random audience who's never met me. I mean, I do different posts for different audiences (the crazy War On The Sun rants are for Leigh) which is reflected in the comments. How long can people keep checking back for me to post about what interests them? Unless they're interested in me...

Maybe if I can stockpile a few posts up my sleeve I'll make a push to get visitors. I never quite started the podcast that I was considering back when I moved to Blogger's RSS-ness...there's potential for a full scale attack on the "blogosphere" later. It's tough to believe people can actually make money off blogs, but I love those dumb T-shirts people sell off their site, so I believe it.

And so my self-centred wafty blog entry ends. Until then, thankyou, come again!