December 28, 2009

The State of my "Microblog" and the Blogosphere

Since moving to this new format several months ago I’ve learned many things (some of which I may post about another time). I’ve slowly moved the sites focus and attempted to align it more centrally with what I’m thinking, doing, reading, and experiencing. I’ve not done this because I believe there is anything particularly interesting about “me” but more so to encourage transparency. I’m not using this domain to manipulate readership growth, or supplement an income, so I don’t see the need to force my writing and microblogging to a particular niche.

That said, I’m also convinced more and more each day that I am unworthy of offering comment yet alone writing full articles. There is so much God glorifying, theological rich, Bible saturated and history attested material, that I’d rather post a quote from a book and pray the Lord blesses you instead of attempting to “re-invent the wheel.”

This move has cost me readers. A lot of those readers were “dead” anyway and had only subscribed to enter give-aways. Some were not. It has brought along new readers and new commenters. You’ve had a chance to see a fuller picture of who I am. My workload has been reduced “online” and has allowed me to do more where I am needed most…”offline.” The biggest downside I’ve seen since the move is interaction on comments; my intereaction. Posterous is not the best in that area nor is it anything like WordPress was.

So that’s a quick update on the state of my “microblog” (from my perspective anyway) and now you may be interested in Trevin Wax’s thoughts on the state of the “blogosphere” in general. He has some interesting thoughts and has made some interesting observations.

I look forward to seeing what happens in 2010. As always, there are a lot of ideas ticking over inside my head.

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November 5, 2009

Be Humble Blogmeisters! That Includes Me Too.

I get nervous when I blog, and I’m very cautious when I comment. Am I in the minority in the blogosphere? According to Carl Trueman I might be. Over at Creed:or:Chaos, Joshua paraphrases Carl Trueman’s thoughts on blogging when he says:

Do not pretend like you are a scholar when you are not, and do not perpetuate the democratization of ignorance. If you do, do not expect anybody to listen to your blogic. Be humble. Think twice (no thrice) before you type. Just because you have the right to speak, does not mean that you have a right to be heard.

This charge is fair. I laughed as I read the above paragraph as you’ll often hear me saying very similar things to my wife in response to blog posts and comments I read online.

Believe me, I’m not an authority and I’ve been guilty as charged! I take this as a humble reminder; maybe you should too?

Update: “Blogmeisters” was a label supplied by Carl Trueman.

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November 2, 2009

Tim Challies, Reading and 10MillionWords


Tim Challies made the big announcement today. He is launching a new blog entitled 10MillionWords. What will the blog be? Where will Tim get 10 million words? Tim states:

In 2010 I intend to read all of the New York Times bestsellers.

Now that’s a mammoth task! You know I desire to be able to read faster and more effectively, so I’d love to be able to read 10 million words in 2010. This project of Tim’s should provide for some very interesting reflections on modern culture.

Praying for you Tim!

You can visit 10MillionWords and/or follow the blog on Twitter.

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September 20, 2009

Banner of Truth: Biblical Christianity Through What?

I’m pleased to inform you that Banner of Truth is not only “Biblical Christianity Through Literature.” Banner of Truth have just launched a blog, and can also be found on Twitter “tweeting” some edifying quotes.

Be built up in your faith by reading their blog, following them on Twitter and most importantly through buying and reading their books.

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