What do people want?http://wdpwob.blog.co.uk/en-EUhourly82000-01-01T12:00+00:00What do people want?http://wdpwob.blog.co.uk/http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/a0/a8bcfc94236726b652c8130918012a_160x200.jpgwhat do people want?http://wdpwob.blog.co.uk/2008/03/22/what-do-people-want-3922725/2008-03-22T22:34:58+01:00 <p>So in my new commitment to keep this thing updated on a regular basis (for me? for the vast crowds demanding more?), I'm really struggling for topics.<br> Mostly, I'm feeling very irrelevant. I read all these great blogs by wonderful smart people (the technical blogs from some of the CFUNITED attendees are amazing) and just find that I have nothing worthwhile to share. At least not on that level. </p> <p>I'm sure nobody wants to read a list of what I ate for breakfast each morning (except maybe my trainer). So what DO people want to see in a blog? Specifically, you know, THIS blog. What would get more people to visit? Is it better to have a blog like Mike's that's rarely updated or one that's updated regularly but has no real meat to it? </p> <p>Those questions are are really more of a deep, rhetorical, reflective nature for me than it is an expectation for any of you to provide answers. Although, feel free to send suggestions, threats, funny stories, anything you'd like to see here. </p> <p>I thought of ripping off one of those really smart people - he seemed uninspired and asked for questions from people that he could blog about. Great, except he's a ColdFusion guru so people actually have questions for him. It could be a lot of fun though. Maybe I'll give that some thought. </p> <p>In the meantime, for the second time in 6 days I bring to you a blog about the fact that I have nothing to blog about. Welcome to the Department of Redundancy Department! </p> <p>Some days I just look at my Inbox and feel uninspired. Stacked ahead of me are the dull and mundane tasks that'd bore anyone with an IQ higher than their pants size. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://wdpwob.blog.co.uk/2008/03/22/what-do-people-want-3922725/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>So in my new commitment to keep this thing updated on a regular basis (for me? for the vast crowds demanding more?), I'm really struggling for topics.
Mostly, I'm feeling very irrelevant. I read all these great blogs by wonderful smart people (the technical blogs from some of the CFUNITED attendees are amazing) and just find that I have nothing worthwhile to share. At least not on that level.

I'm sure nobody wants to read a list of what I ate for breakfast each morning (except maybe my trainer). So what DO people want to see in a blog? Specifically, you know, THIS blog. What would get more people to visit? Is it better to have a blog like Mike's that's rarely updated or one that's updated regularly but has no real meat to it?

Those questions are are really more of a deep, rhetorical, reflective nature for me than it is an expectation for any of you to provide answers. Although, feel free to send suggestions, threats, funny stories, anything you'd like to see here.

I thought of ripping off one of those really smart people - he seemed uninspired and asked for questions from people that he could blog about. Great, except he's a ColdFusion guru so people actually have questions for him. It could be a lot of fun though. Maybe I'll give that some thought.

In the meantime, for the second time in 6 days I bring to you a blog about the fact that I have nothing to blog about. Welcome to the Department of Redundancy Department!

Some days I just look at my Inbox and feel uninspired. Stacked ahead of me are the dull and mundane tasks that'd bore anyone with an IQ higher than their pants size.

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