I found it hard to blog everyday, and didn’t manage to.
I’ve been blogging since 2005, and I think it used to be easier to blog everyday. Not sure why, exactly, but this is my theory:
- There were fewer distractions. In 2005 there was no Twitter, Facebook, Google+… Hardly anyone in Antipodean Libraryland blogged. RSS was king (I used Bloglines), and I usually kept up with my subscribed reading.
- My priorities have changed. Back then I was busily learning all about the technology, so I was keen to try everything (at least once) and find out how it worked. I am no longer particularly interested in learning about new technologies, these days, although I do keep an eye on developments. (What are my priorities these days, you ask? As my role is now a management role, the challenge is to both keep my eye on the big picture, as well as all the smaller ongoing issues within the library profession and the higher education sector. I’m doing my best to learn more about myself, and find ways to do things better – not necessarily using tech.)
- Blogging isn’t old hat, exactly, but I guess it is no longer the bright shiny activity it once was for me. And yet, even though this blog may be somewhat neglected at times, I am very glad to have my own space on the web, independent of all the Social Networking Sites’ Terms of Service clauses and sometimes questionable practices. Any changes that occur here are entirely at my whim. I like having a place where I can expand on thoughts or ideas that don’t fit into the 140-character limit.
I certainly didn’t have as many gadgets in 2005…