Open Letter to My Blog
Hello, Blog,
So, we meet again.
Yes, I know we used to spend so much time together. Sometimes, I’d even post two maybe three times a day. I think one day I may have even posted four or five times.
I know you’ve probably missed me, but I fear we’ve been growing apart.
When we are apart, I think of so many things I’d like to tell you. But, when we’re together, I just don’t know how to open up to you anymore. The words just don’t flow as freely as what they used to.
I think a lot of the blame lies with you. You’re just so demanding. I can’t just post something short and witty. You don’t like that. The formatting ends up all wrong and it doesn’t look right. So, I have to have a minimum number of words. You try to force them out of me and, when you do, they just don’t come out so easily anymore.
I guess we’ll have to keep trying, but, in the meantime, I’ve found someone else too. Someone who isn’t so demanding. And, people, real people, like me there. They respond to me. They stick with me. Hundreds of them.
But, with you, you’re just so fickle. You tease me with the RSS feed. If I don’t have something substantive all the time, I lose dozens of readers. And, that’s when I have but a few dozen to start out with.
I guess we’ll have to keep trying to work on our relationship. But, you’re really going to have to try harder.
In the meantime, you can find me at dcrtweets.com.
I know it may be painful for you, but I just don’t know what to do with you most of the time. You really need to lighten up, okay?
So, until tomorrow, so long, dear blog.
Regards,
Dan
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Well, we’re in the same boat I see.
Twitter has “almost” killed my blogging too - and I say “almost” because if what I want to say is more than 250 characters, I’ll turn to my blog.
I’m thinking on taking my blog in another direction now - probably turn it into a niche blog of some kind. But let’s see !
We’ll miss you, Dan, but I, for one, won’t be following you on Twitter — don’t have the extra time for it — might have to give up my afternoon nap.
(just kidding about the nap — I don’t do naps, either)
Mike
Ohhh NOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I came over from Twitter Deck, so Firefox has control of me now. I really do misspell everything. Ha haaa!!!!
I think Twitter is fun, but my blog allows creative SIDES THAT CANNOT BE TWEETED. Ooppps, I hit the CAP lock by accident. I should really learn to type someday.
Blogging requires commenting all over. Yup Yup … of I go Dr Spock.
BTW … it is fun to chat with you at the Tweeteranch
FIRE FOX!!!! … you must approve me. OK ??
maybe I can get on your list twice???
Now I can comment ??? hmmmm
boing boooiNGGGG BooyYooOOOyIONg!!!!
I think each type of networking has it’s own advantages. Twittering is catchy and all - I obviously have been enjoying it more than I thought I would but that is mostly because of my buddies being there. I don’t know if I could handle all those followers you deal with. My brain and stress levels can’t handle that much at least not at this time in my life. But blogging is still my favorite because it is a good outlet and there is no size restriction for my post. I’ve got some followers on Twitter that I’m following too but they are really kind of just annoying because they keep hyping their sites and for some of them, I have no interest in what they are selling. So their tweets are distracting me from the ones I really want to read.
Anyway, I hope you don’t stop blogging. I would miss you! But I guess I can deal with you only being gone until tomorrow.
Back from the RSS Feedburner deluxo … It sure takes a while to get to my mailbox!
I hope you two work it out! I married my blog and will stick by her through sickness and in health.
Haha, we all through our ups and downs lol Tweet tweet!
Aw. Hang in there. That happens to me too from time to time. I promise you and your blog will be reunited in obsessive manners sooner than later.