I don’t have my own blog, I’m just occasionally posting here on Frank’s blog. This is because I don’t think I have lots of important or relevant ideas to justify the existence of my own blog, nor would I like to invest a lot of time. Now I found a kind of official confirmation for my point of view: Doug from a million monkeys typing writes in his latest post:

Since it’s now possible for newcomers to the blogging world to set up a Blogger or WordPress.com account in mere minutes without the slightest idea about what one is doing or why, it seems like 98% of the blogs on the Web boast but a half-dozen erratic posts before going dormant forever. Of those that are left, most offer only simple “my link for the day” posts, which of course are fine for friends or people of very similar interests, but not so much for the world at large.

I’m quite satisfied that I possess enough self-control not to add myself to that group of people/blogs. (Thanks to Frank for letting me share his blog ;-))

Doug continues:

I conceive of a blog as a project, to be given due consideration, planning and effort. As such, I brainstorm, write notes, prepare a vision, gather resources, construct initial timelines, experiment with form, evaluate delivery options, and so on, before I even think of doing that magic little incantation which causes the blog to appear.

I think this is a very important thing to consider when publishing all kinds of stuff, and for that reason, we used to have the headline “Does it matter?” on the “write post” page of this blog. Unfortunately it seems to have disappeared with the latest update. So we failed…

all the preparatory time in the world won’t mean squat if you don’t have the discipline or wherewithal (or –*ahem*– ego) to keep it up.