Take a look at my archive calendar. Here we are on day 28 since I started this blog, and I have already made 24 posts on 16 of those days. This is much better than I thought I would do. I realize that hardly anyone reads this, and I think that helps me to just put down whatever thoughts I have without worrying about what people will think. I’ve adopted the attitude that this blog is simply for the purpose of journaling my thoughts, for myself and anyone else that cares. Apparently nobody does, which is just fine with me .

I’m constantly trying to think of new subjects to write about, and recently testing the waters a little bit in a more technical arena. I think I’ll be doing more of that as we go along.

If anyone is reading this, please leave your comments – otherwise this will continue to be my own stupid ramblings. If I were to discover that I actually have an audience, I could pick topics as though I’m talking to someone instead of just thinking out loud.

But don’t worry, if you prefer to lurk anonymously, I’ll just keep thinking out loud.

Since I started keeping my own blog I have been doing a lot of blog reading as well.  One particular brand of blog has me mystified.

I’m sure you have all seen these blogs.  The aren’t exactly rare.  The author simply quotes the first sentence or two of an article and then links to the original article.  No commentary at all, just a link.  No explanation of why he linked there, just the link.  I can understand a one-off post like this occasionally, as if “I don’t have time to type anything right now, but I thought my readers might be interested so here’s a link.”  But most of the blogs I’ve encountered that incorporate this style of blogging are filled with only this type of post.

Are these things helpful?  Do people use them?  I get frustrated when I come across one.  I read a blog to find out the author’s perspective.  If I simply wanted to find an article, I would use Google.  I use Technorati to find “commentary” – hopefully good commentary that sparks conversation.