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Considering Theme Days for my technical blogging habits...
02/17/2010 11:50:37 AM by Chris Toohey
There is an amazing amount of IBM Lotus Notes and Domino content to push out there, but between basics to advanced to the theoretical, I'm considering scheduling via Theme Days to create some consistency.
See, I want to be able to discuss different things without coming across too scatterbrained while giving you an idea of what topic I'll be covering on which day, etc. Given that my post yesterday discussing NotesDocument Iteration in LotusScript has - at the time of this post - generated over 20 comments... I think diversifying the type of content you'll get on this site will wind up benefiting everyone.
That being said, here's a draft Theme Days schedule that I've come up with which will hopefully kick-off a storm of feedback from you (since I want this to be just as much your site and resource as it is mine).
- Sunday: Theoretical Development
Where I tackle the What if?, Sunday (most likely in the evening) will have topics on RESTful Web Services in IBM Lotus Notes Domino, XPage XAgents, no-View NotesDatabases, and the like. - Monday: Things we should know
Working with Lists and NotesDocument Iteration in LotusScript and the like. Consider this topic that addresses the It's in Designer Help... but how do I use it?! scenarios. - Tuesday: Getting Started
Each Tuesday, I'll have a tip or trick to help new Lotus Notes Domino developers get a leg-up on the platform that we all love. - Wednesday: Misc.
I need at least one day to post some flaky something, from site news to book reviews, to whatever's on my mind at the moment. - Thursday: Audio
Not podcasts per se, (but ya never know!) but some form of audio post discussing a topic. You'll be able to stream directly from the site or - if you're subscribing to my RSS Content Feed, you'll get them as enclosures. - Friday: Public Build and Project Updates
I've got a number of projects - both community/open source and personal/for-profit - that are in-progress. I mean, wouldn't you like to hear the status of Dauth or App Lot?! ;-) - Saturday: Community
From the in case you missed it to news on the global community...
This schedule is more of a guide that I intend on sticking to - if there is something that you must see on Monday, I'm not going to wait until Saturday to post it. I want this to enhance - not hinder - the content on this site.
Thoughts? Comments preferred so we can keep the discussion going, but feel free to email or DM me if you prefer.
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Chris, please don't take this the wrong way, but I think you need to get out more...
@Stuart: I'll take it you're not a fan of this new plan then?
Well this blog is all dev'y and stuff so obviously not really my thing so I defer to those who read for the dev tips. I would say Chris that that's a huge commitment you're building for yourself and a level of expectation you're setting that you may find hard to live up to / come to resent. Blogging isn't a job for you (I hope!) so you want it to stay fun - by all means categorise your blogs, even change the layout of your site to support that but I wouldn't go so far as to promise to blog EVERY SINGLE DAY on a different topic.
Chris,
Interesting, relevant, and well-written, with bonus points for timeliness, are all that are expected from a blog of this sort.
What you do NOT want to do is assume up front that you will actually have something interesting to write on the third Tuesday of next month by promising now that you will. It's OK if you don't have anything interesting to write now and then. Don't feel like you HAVE to write something or people will be disappointed. Few people will notice if you skip a day. The only thing that will disappoint is when you write something that is not that interesting. Do that enough and you'll lose readers.
There is also the issue that you can't ensure that all your posts will always be interesting to all your readers. Perhaps that concern is behind the theme day idea. Frankly I doubt many readers will remember which day is which considering the huge number of blogs we all read, but it doesn't matter. It's OK if sometimes a regular reader skips a post for lack of interest. The only thing you want to be concerned about is taking too long to explain what the post is about, such that a uninterested reader has to get through 3 or 4 paragraphs before realizing they are not interested. That will turn people off because no one wants to waste time like that.
The other danger with writing too much is that folks can't keep up with the reading. Even if you are some sort of superhuman writing machine and manage to thrill every single day, not everyone will have time to read. The danger then is they feel like they've fallen behind the conversation and just give up. The sort of posts you often write are often very dense technically, requiring more than a little effort to properly digest. Let that process proceed at its natural pace.
Follow these DOs and DON'Ts and you will win plenty of fans who know that every post is worth opening because it will either be interesting or quickly let them know it is not and let them move on.
And dude, you're makin' us all look bad posting so much ;-).
I agree with above. How about a theme week ? or month ?
or set up a article backlog (maybe ideajam), that you can work through at a pace that works for your energy levels.