In the past 24 hours two people have inspired me.
Kate Eltham’s (Electric Alphabet) resolution to blog every day in 2009 is an ambition greatly to be admired, and yes – why not aim for the top? I can relate to that.
I’ve just listened to Stephen Fry’s first Podgram – a wonderfully shambolic 23 minute rave from a man suffering a recent and painful injury, dopey on sleeping pills and (one hopes) high on painkillers. Not his usual sparkling self, but still out there and speaking his mind in the public forum. So it’s okay to ramble in public and not be perfect (I can manage that). (Podgrams available from iTunes store, for details go to Stephen’s website)
Given the only reader(s) of this blog are probably me and a few slightly bonkers mates from Bribie, I figure I should take a leaf out of Kate’s and Stephen’s books and just get on with it. Once a day and hang the perfection.
But first a disclaimer. Those who know me well know I’m a political animal who feels the need to share. I will tag any political rants as such so you can hit the delete button if you prefer. Similarly my recent passion for family history.
That’s it folks for today. Happy New Year and here’s to a year of resolutely kept resolutions.
Posted by Graham Storrs on January 7, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Janette,
As a slightly bonkers mate from Bribie, let me tell you this. I have two blogs – a writing blog and a ranting blog. Between them, they draw about 300 unique visitors per month – and around 200 of those are new visitors. As you probably know, I don’t say anything particularly fascinating but, for some reason, thousands of people each year drop by and read it.
The secret to getting a following, or, indeed, a lot of passing trade, is simply to blog frequently. (My visits were much higher when I blogged every day or two.) It keeps the regulars tuned in and it creates a large enough corpus of work that the Googlers are always finding something to visit for.
So you go gurl!
Graham.