As this is a new blog, and therefore this blogger is still in the ‘wow, isn’t it exciting!’ phase, cycling into work today I actually found myself day-dreaming about the first proper post I was going to make.
I wonder how long before that particular novelty wears off?
http://caslon.com.au/weblogprofile1.htm says, “Several studies indicate that most blogs are abandoned soon after creation and that few are regularly updated.”
The same page talks about a survey of over 4 million blogs. In essence, the survey found that 66% had not been updated in two months and that over a million were one-day wonders.
So okay – although the novelty factor is bound to wear off, I’m glad that I’ve beaten 1 million blogs and made it into the second day. For me this is definitely a long-term project. I aim to post one detailed post per week, kind of like a weekly update, with thoughts, ideas and realisations interspersed throughout. But enough of that, onto the post I’ve been mulling over for a while…