So 67% say that my posts are in general too long. So what is blogging? It's a set of people's commentaries on longer arguments. That is why people read them – especially many academics. If journals and books are still the main course of the meal, blogs are the restaurant reviews, side-dishes, before and after dinner drinks, appetizers, and desserts. So I have to make more side dishes. If I have enough for a main course, make hors d'oeuvres out of them. Hell, five hors d'oeuvres can still fill you up. Not just all at once! But I'll still crank a long argument once in a while – where appropriate; like the recent "bloggersation" with Michael Halcomb, James McGrath, and Ken Brown!
Related posts:
Admirably brief! I don't know why it is that we lose patience with blog posts so much faster than other media, but it's clearly a common reaction. Even a post the length of a short magazine article can feel very long on a blog… no idea why.
Admirably brief! I don't know why it is that we lose patience with blog posts so much faster than other media, but it's clearly a common reaction. Even a post the length of a short magazine article can feel very long on a blog… no idea why.