Okay, here it is “unfiltered” as Lance suggested. He is now branding himself as a “Creative Abrasionist” and tonight I got my share. I ran into Lance at the eLearning Guild’s Annual Gathering tonight and we started a discussion about why he stopped blogging. And then, as an “abraisionist” he immediately challenged me to see who’s blog “sucked more.” Lance killed his blog because he just didn’t feel he was up to the task. He told me that mine was bad because I filter it too much and that I really need to just put stuff out there and see what sticks. We both agreed that Jay Cross’ blog is one of the better one in the “e-Learning” space. But why aren’t there any better ones?
Lance is convinced that “blogs” need to be “unfiltered” and opinionated, which is similar to what my blog mentor says about negativity. I think they can be more focused and don’t need to have postings every day. Who is right?
I can post a ton of stuff if I just link to other blogs and resources, but is that worth anything to people who come to my site? Or is it better for my site to be a corporate website with a number of “articles” that are posted from time to time when I find something useful?
If you are reading this, you came here for a reason, so please click on the comment button and let me know. I’m convinced I can’t suck as much as Lance.
Yeah. You’re blog sucks. It’d be better if you let sploggers take it over and link to viagra ads using “eLearning” as the link text.
Not everything you say has to be genius or perfectly plotted. But, most likely everything you say about eLearning will be something new for me and your two other readers.
You need to write more. You’ll get more readers, you’ll get more search traffic, you’ll engage people better, you’ll educate people…. In short, you’ll get more business.
PS. Abrasionist, if it were a word, would be spelled like I just spelled it. Not with an extra “i” before the first s. Take it from a guy who sold grinding wheels and sand paper for 6 years: I know abrasion.
Comment by Peter Caputa — April 11, 2007 @ 11:11 am
Okay Pete, point(s) taken. When I write my engineering background comes out and I want to make sure I get everything right. I’ll work on posting more and getting more people involved in the conversation.
Oh, and I fixed your spelling error too!
Comment by Doug Foster — April 11, 2007 @ 8:13 pm
Cool.
That was “your” spelling error, not mine.
Comment by Peter Caputa — April 13, 2007 @ 1:25 pm
I suggested that Lance shut down his blog but it wasn’t because of suckiness.
Some people are born to blog; others are not. That’s the only explanation for blogs that begin with great fanfare in their first post, only to have the next four posts apologize for not blogging.
As for filtering, I think you need to be authentic whether you’re buttoned up in person or off the wall.
jay
Comment by Jay Cross — May 28, 2007 @ 5:55 pm