What do you look for in a blog? (tiny rant follows)
When this blog was first aggregated by MXNA, I positioned it as the blog for articles and information about the creative aspect of design of all forms, with occasional references to code snippets or technology overviews. And, ever so occasionally, there’d be a tad bit of self-promotion.
As the blog has gone on, I’ve gotten some inflammatory comments from a select few people because they have felt my posts were “irrelevant to the MXNA community” (paraphrased into much politer language). Once again, from the first day, I positioned myself as a creative blog, not a development/programming blog. I’m not going to write about ColdFusion or advanced ActionScript. In fact, I’d probably post more questions about advanced AS topics than answers. Why? Because, I am a designer first and a developer second.
All that aside, my point is this… I’ve had a number of things that I have thought about posting over the past couple of months, but have refrained or censored myself because of fear of “irrelevancy.” I’ve been trying to cater to what I think MXNA readers as a whole want instead of what I want to write about. I won’t be doing that any more. My posts are amply relevant to those who seek them out.
What do you look for as a whole in your reading experience? Are you a developer who only wants to read about recursion, object oriented programming, etc., or are you a designer that is looking for inspiration and information about how others tackle the creative process? No matter your answer, SOMEONE in the aggregate feed has something for you.
Additionally, there are plenty of off-topic posts that I see aggregated on a regular basis. I find them entertaining. If were strictly on point all the time, we’d lose the insight of who we all are and what experiences we’ve had that make our contributions to this community relevant.
There’s plenty of room here for everyone’s different angles and points of view. I hope in the future those who are interested continue to enjoy mine.