One Hundred Eggs

One Hundred Eggs October 9, 2004

Posted by Andy Roberts in : meta-blog , trackback

( image depicts a vietnamese legend 100 eggs )
For this 100th entry in the blog I’m hoping to assess the progress made so far and think about future development. Frst then, a numerical analysis:

100 entries
216 comments
4 trackbacks

Number of articles posted per Month:

Total articles per category:

So the blog seems quite varied in subject matter and style, the only real common factor linking all the articles being the author. That may suit some people who like a mixed diet, or people who know me but it’s unlikely to hold the interest of those who are only really interested in one specialism. I think it was Michael Feldstein who recommended that 80% of blog articles should be relevent to the core subject. I break that rule. The category count reveals few surprises. I”ve suceeded in keeping the meta-blog posts down within acceptable limits, video is intended to be a major category and it’s only natural for the blog to be situated in London where I live and work. The ones which worry me most are music and business. I discovered a way of making reasonable sound recordings using the DV camcorder but only got around to the one song - shifting sands. So the music project, which I claim to hold as a high priority, is proving to be really hard to push along in the present circumstances. Ultraversity work could feature more highly in future, although it does tend to get spread across multiple forums. Workplace issues get an occasional airing, but I am carefully aware these may be read by anybody.

Can I justify retaining the subtitle “have envelope, will push” ?

Well I feel I’ve expanded some aspects a fair way, the digital photography, video editing and blog itself have developed at a good pace over the past 8 months, together with some ideas about community and interaction. The fact that I spread my attention over many different endeavours at once these days, probably slows the pace of development of each one, so I have to ask myself if this is the best use o my efforts. Would I be better off ditching some projects and concentrating on one or two things which I could identify as most important to me? My inclination is not to go down that path right now, since the priorities are nowhere near clear enough and I’m beginning get better at coping with multitasking, which is a useful skill in itself.

Whither blog?

Which corner of the envelope gets a shove next, will depend more upon events than on planning, and there may be a shift over to other spaces as well. Larger video projects should find a home on the CuttySnark blog, local stuff on Manor Park. I may write a bit more autobiographical stuff like ‘Computer Operator’ and report more experiential incidents from the workplaces. Short link articles are less likely now that I have my latest Furl entries displayed in the side bar.

hosting

There are some issues to do with backup, scalability and ownership on the slartibartfast server but I’ll stay there for the time being. It’s nice being part of the ultralab blogfeed community.

meta-reflection

The 100th entry struggled to be born causing something of a blog-jam! For the 200th I might just post a picture of cake instead.

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