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immersing in the new media : what has happened to my blogging

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i regularly called blogging my spiritual practice. it was a way of reflecting on some idea or challenge that came across in my day. however, if i was honest with myself, the 'spiritual' aspect of my blogging practice was waining. very few times did i really have some thought that was challenging on a daily basis. instead, and probably more healthy as a practice, i was pondering something for weeks or months at a time. but that doesn't help in keeping an active blog going. so i have been feeling like i was putting in a bunch of filler stuff.

well, some of that filler stuff (which i do think was good most of the time, admittedly not all the time) is moving around to other avenues, along with some of my other ponderings. i am more and more using twitter as a way of crossing the town green, sharing prayers, information, links and photos from my day etc. i have also taken advantage of posting within facebook.

i've started to reshape my blog to reflect this change. putting all my lifestream stuff through friendfeed and showing it off on the side bar. i also created a lifestream page that is more expanded.

tricky part to all of this is that there is not a searchable long tail in twitter content. its probably a good thing as i am not sure i want to find 140 character snippets for the first page of all my searches. so what is worthy of sharing for the long term? i'm still trying to figure that one out.

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  1. I’m finding this very true as well — but I still think that the blog is best for long term stuff.
    It’s different people for each, too. Completely different communities and different types of people. I don’t think one will ever substitute for the other.
    I still miss my “community” from RLP’s chatroom. Those friendships never did transition from that medium to another, although we do keep touch.
    I miss chatting like that. The Second Life thing sometimes substitutes for it.
    I’ve added Twitter to my sidebar; I’ve not added Facebook yet. Maybe the blog should be the touchstone — the place to begin.
    Just thinking out loud.

  2. I’m finding this very true as well — but I still think that the blog is best for long term stuff.
    It’s different people for each, too. Completely different communities and different types of people. I don’t think one will ever substitute for the other.
    I still miss my “community” from RLP’s chatroom. Those friendships never did transition from that medium to another, although we do keep touch.
    I miss chatting like that. The Second Life thing sometimes substitutes for it.
    I’ve added Twitter to my sidebar; I’ve not added Facebook yet. Maybe the blog should be the touchstone — the place to begin.
    Just thinking out loud.

  3. While I like twitter, I think it’s too noisy for sharing anything meaningful. I must admit, I read about 90% of your blog posts and 10% of your tweets. I still like you, though!
    But I’d say that ratio holds true for most of the people I follow on twitter.
    oh also: tricky part to all of this is that there is not a searchable long tail in twitter content. If your site was on drupal you could use the twitter module to import all your tweets so you can save them and search them! just sayin’… 🙂

  4. While I like twitter, I think it’s too noisy for sharing anything meaningful. I must admit, I read about 90% of your blog posts and 10% of your tweets. I still like you, though!
    But I’d say that ratio holds true for most of the people I follow on twitter.
    oh also: tricky part to all of this is that there is not a searchable long tail in twitter content. If your site was on drupal you could use the twitter module to import all your tweets so you can save them and search them! just sayin’… 🙂