I took a sabbatical from blogging for the last 1.5 years. It was not because I was making a statement. It was not because I switched to a flashier tool. It was just because I took a job that was not very conducive to blogging. In essence, I was immersed in a business VP role and there were too many sensitive issues I would have had to navigate around, so this made it difficult to write posts. Now I’m a in CTO role which I find to be much more conducive to blogging.
Since I had a year and a half away from the blogosphere, I had the opportunity to “see what changed” now that I’m back. I looked for my blogging tools tucked away in various corners of the internet, afraid of what I’d find as I reached into the cobwebs. Fortunately, or should I say unfortunately, I remembered most of my passwords. There they were, remnants of decayed accounts and dismal blog stats everywhere.
Regardless of my own situation, this did give me a chance to notice some significant changes that occurred in the blogging world over the last 1.5 years. Here are a few significant changes that I think are worth noting:
- The players have changed.
- The tools and methods have changed.
- Subscribers are dead. Actually, they’re not dead, but they’ve taken a new form.
- Comments are dead. Actually, they’re not dead, they just dispersed.
- Services churn.
Let’s look at these a little more closely with a little Q&A.
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I just wanted to share my invention of the day: The Brasberry!
Back from sabbatical: Blogging is back, but comments and subscribers are not
I took a sabbatical from blogging for the last 1.5 years. It was not because I was making a statement. It was not because I switched to a flashier tool. It was just because I took a job that was not very conducive to blogging. In essence, I was immersed in a business VP role and there were too many sensitive issues I would have had to navigate around, so this made it difficult to write posts. Now I’m a in CTO role which I find to be much more conducive to blogging.
Since I had a year and a half away from the blogosphere, I had the opportunity to “see what changed” now that I’m back. I looked for my blogging tools tucked away in various corners of the internet, afraid of what I’d find as I reached into the cobwebs. Fortunately, or should I say unfortunately, I remembered most of my passwords. There they were, remnants of decayed accounts and dismal blog stats everywhere.
Regardless of my own situation, this did give me a chance to notice some significant changes that occurred in the blogging world over the last 1.5 years. Here are a few significant changes that I think are worth noting:
Let’s look at these a little more closely with a little Q&A.
Continue reading »