I inadvertently helped to start a discussion on Paul Grimmond’s latest Sola Panel post. The discussion began with discussing how long blog posts should be, but then progressed to talk about how to use the blogging medium in general.
I’ve posted before on why I blog (2006, 2008, 2009). What do you think? What’s the point of a blog? How long should posts be? Why do you return to a blog (or subscribe)?
Top 5 blogs that are super short:
Latest delicious.com bookmarks.
Subscribe via RSS or keep an eye on the sidebar. Here are the latest 15:
- Man bites monster snake in hours-long battle
- backmasking for beginners
- Devotional Christian
- Green Grass and Deep Crap
- Mars Hill Global
- pray for revival: george whitefield
- phillipjensen.com
- Coast Evangelical Church
- A symbol of the noblest of traditions
- Good Friday Poem
- Why teens will leave Facebook in the next two years
- 40 Excellent Free WordPress Themes
- WordPress Theme Releases for 04/06
- WordPress Theme Releases for 04/03
- Australians not so sceptical about Jesus, survey finds
The week(s) in review from dave miers dot com (RSS or email):
- SNAPSHOT – Joel Parry-Jones – sweet pics
- Teenagers are like Seagulls – some thoughts on using food in youth ministry
- RICE Vision Night 2009 – great night. excited to see how God works through this movement
- episode 5: easter monday special – the unofficial fervr launch!
- “My Lord and my God!” – John 20 – Jesus is Alive!!
- That’s My King! – I’ve seen a bunch of vids with this sermon in the background – but this is my fav so far.
- “It is finished” – John 19 – Jesus has done it all
- Crucifixion + The Life of Jesus – brilliant!! such a good doco.
- episode 4: number 1 on iTunes – currently #25 – hoping to cement a spot in top 10 once fervr launches
Word to the street.
I’m pretty new to the blogosphere, but it appears to be a great way to communicate with others. Short and relevant blogs are great!
hey calum – are you going to start blogging soon?
Interesting to read the comments in that post at Sola Panel though. Even though the post seems to ask for feedback – it seems not much of it is welcome! When people say make it shorter etc Sola Panel are saying learn to read longer!
i think there’s more to it than just the length of posts. a number of people spoke about the negative angle that is regularly adopted in the posts. i wonder if that irks me more than post length??