Today is a new milestone for the blog – the 25th post!
Doesnt sound like a lot but it has only been 31 days – just a little short on the target of 6 posts a week.
It has been challenging to create the time to read and think about what I was reading each day, let alone finding the time to write. However the reward has also been great as I discovered a lot of other people questioning conventional wisdom and writing interesting posts.
I have appreciated the comments people have made on my posts – especially the wonderful feedback and the supportive reviews of the blog from;
- Jan Husdal at Husdal.com, and
- Paul James at Agile Continuity
- Paul has also provided some helpful technical advice on configuring WordPress
Hopefully I can use some of the downtime over the next week or so to get a head start and create a stockpile of posts for the New Year.
Lets call it safety stock or enhancing my resilience with redundant capacity!
I intend to continue reading, thinking and writing over the Christmas/New Year period. But I am wondering …
… is anybody out there planning to be reading and responding over the holiday period?
Thanks for the kind words, Ken. I will most definitely not be too far away from my PC during the holidays, so I may be one of the few (or hopefully many) reading and responding to your posts.
I’ve also had some thoughts about my own blogs resilience. Does a blog indeed have a supply chain, and does it face risks like a supply chain? For example, supply side risk = lack of topics to write about or demand-side risk = no one to read my posts? I’ve started to scribble on a post and we’ll see how it goes.
One word of advice perhaps: Do not burn yourself out. I’ve been actively blogging for about two years, and I started with a very random 2-3 times per month posting schedule, increased to random 2-3 times per week, slowed down to regular once per week and increased to a now regular almost daily schedule, but I think I will cut back to regular once weekly in 2010.
Not that there isn’t anything to blog about, but to improve the quality of my posts, having more time for reflection. Besides, my 2nd wife needs some attention, too, as it seems like my PC has become my 1st wife now 🙂 More besides, it’s easier to create a safety stock of possible future posts if they only have to go out once a week.
Happy holidays, and that muffin or whatever it is looks really delicious…
Thanks for the kind words, Ken. I will most definitely not be too far away from my PC during the holidays, so I may be one of the few (or hopefully many) reading and responding to your posts.
I’ve also had some thoughts about my own blogs resilience. Does a blog indeed have a supply chain, and does it face risks like a supply chain? For example, supply side risk = lack of topics to write about or demand-side risk = no one to read my posts? I’ve started to scribble on a post and we’ll see how it goes.
One word of advice perhaps: Do not burn yourself out. I’ve been actively blogging for about two years, and I started with a very random 2-3 times per month posting schedule, increased to random 2-3 times per week, slowed down to regular once per week and increased to a now regular almost daily schedule, but I think I will cut back to regular once weekly in 2010.
Not that there isn’t anything to blog about, but to improve the quality of my posts, having more time for reflection. Besides, my 2nd wife needs some attention, too, as it seems like my PC has become my 1st wife now 🙂 More besides, it’s easier to create a safety stock of possible future posts if they only have to go out once a week.
Happy holidays, and that muffin or whatever it is looks really delicious…
Look forward to the blog SC post Jan,
Good advice there about the “manufacture” part of the SC – will have to review my production schedules over the holidays.
I hope the weather is not disrupting your own plans.
Have a good Christmas.
Look forward to the blog SC post Jan,
Good advice there about the “manufacture” part of the SC – will have to review my production schedules over the holidays.
I hope the weather is not disrupting your own plans.
Have a good Christmas.