tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934580578315147554.post2820225087629736933..comments2009-06-18T21:34:04.522-07:00Melissa Bartonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934580578315147554.post-62059749206983761172009-06-17T21:05:35.597-07:002009-06-17T21:05:35.597-07:00When I started my blog (http://zehnkatzen.blogspot.com) back in 2004, it was kind of on a lark. Right now my mission is going toward solidly toward really drilling down in my passions, which include type, graphic design, and art (illustration).<br /><br />Since I started it with no clear mission, though, I pretty much talked about whatever I wanted to up until this point. So I may have concentrated my focus (at least I think I have) but I wonder if my past is diluting my present leaving me with a weak future.<br /><br />I&#39;d start a new blog with a different focus, but I don&#39;t know if that would just take what little online juice I do have away from my main blog. <br /><br />So, I think I need to make a bold move in one direction or another, but I&#39;m still trying to figure out just what that might be, I guess.<br /><br />Shame about the article. I don&#39;t understand what value a article about blogging would be without links to blogs (which can actually be embedded in a Flash paper or PDF document, which is one of the points of that sort of electronic media) giving immediate reality to the content, it comes off as though the editors (if I can be bold about this) don&#39;t &quot;get&quot; what it is they&#39;re publishing about. I did like the points you made in it though. They were good ones.Samuel John Klein Portlandiensishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514541030057763303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934580578315147554.post-71899652374030668872009-06-17T20:54:28.306-07:002009-06-17T20:54:28.306-07:00I&#39;ve had a blog since about 2004. I initially started in on a lark and soon became very aware that it enabled me to interact with the world on a very different level that I find rather addictive and fun.<br /><br />I soon realized that the blog gave me a chance to explore the passion I chose for myself, which is graphic design, type, and art. One problem is that I also like to talk about a whole lot more than that; politics, humor, all sorts of stuff. So my blog is less a tool for self promotion than it is kind of an ongoing sort of online performance.<br /><br />So, for a long time I&#39;ve been on the edge of either narrowing my content focus or maybe creating a second blog. But with whatever online presence and goodwill I have based on that one blog, I&#39;ve been reluctant to make a bold move (which is, for some reason, something I feel is necessary). I have narrowed my focus somewhat and have pushed design and art up to the front of the blog. I think I can do more though.Samuel John Klein Portlandiensishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514541030057763303noreply@blogger.com