Showing posts with label Blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blogging. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Winds Of Change

So many bloggers of the past 8-10 years have scaled back on their blogging.... had you noticed?
Well, I noticed this to be the case over the past six months.
Rather than post every day or even every week, many have dropped off in their regularity to once a month,
are you one of them?

Even some of the major players of the blogging world have pretty much quit blogging and moved their daily sharing to the likes of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.  The trend now is that people wish to still share, but with less photos and less words, and Twitter only allows 140 characters, so they have to post there often if they want us to know a lot about their day, or post less detailed info in those allowable 140 characters.  
I never did take to Twitter much, and since I don't use a Smart phone Instagram is not possible for me.

This is simply social media and the internet age of information moving on and doing things in a more speedy fashion.  Lots of shortened words rather than good old English.  You know, as in text message words. R U Reding Wt I am sayin?
I find this form of communication to make a person appear stupid.
Uneducated.
Lazy.

I wonder how much longer blogging will be around or how many changes will occur and where it will all end up.
Some days blogging makes me feel like an old dinosaur.



Thursday, May 14, 2015

Photo Overkill

 Having blogged for a number of years with numerous  different blog names, I think I have a right to this opinion, the opinion that when it comes to photos, that too many on any one post may just be overkill.
How many 'git along little doggies' photos does it take on one post to get the idea of a cattle drive across to your readers?
How many photos of sliced and diced veggies is necessary in order to show how to make a fresh garden salad?
How many photos of jimmy john's last baseball game should you need to post before your readers just say... jeeez....whatever?
I for one usually find myself clicking away after three photos on other blogs.

The number of photos you post really has no rule.
You can post 100, but your readers may just find that a bit ridiculous.
Yes, two or three photos to describe any one salad or other life event for that matter would seem enough.

IF I ever post too many, please just click away.
I certainly don't want to annoy anyone.