I know that absences of, oh, well over a year don’t really make for good blogging, but there’s a lot to do besides update this website. For example: did you know there are a full five seasons of The Wire available on DVD — and that the show only gets better with repeat viewings?
I can’t blame the lad for my lack of writing; our life settled into a routine after a few harried months of negotiating with a newborn. I don’t have the free time I used to, but fortunately he still requires sleep.
No, I’ve just been happy with Facebook and Twitter for keeping up with folks (and, recently, Kontain).
These social networks have spoiled me; I’m now used to simple, fast updates. While we still sporadically post to the photoblog, the process of posting pictures feels laborious compared to posting pics to social networks via mobile phone. The boy does a heart-melting interpretive dance to ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’ in the car? Moments later it’s posted where folks will see it. That’s fun and spontaneous.
Remembering to take the camera with me, then downloading, organizing, cropping pics and uploading them to the blog — well, that’s a bit less spontaneous and easy. (Don’t worry, mom – we’ll keep updating the photoblog.)
Plus, there’s a vibrancy to a social network that makes a personal blog seem like an outpost. I’m used to Facebook emailing me when someone comments on something I’ve commented on. You get sucked in to the pulse, the dialogue.
To hopefully bring a bit of that energy here, I’ve incorporated disqus comments, which makes it easy to keep track of chit chat on a post and share comments elsewhere. That said, you don’t need a disqus, Twitter or Facebook account; you can simply post as a guest.
Also, you can subscribe to the blog and receive an email when I’ve (finally) posted something. Click ‘subscribe’ at the top of the page (or just click this link right here).
Lastly, I’ve done a bit of optimizing so the site renders well on iPhones and Android-powered smartphones. Take me with you, eh?
Apologies for the radio silence. Hope to be back in fighting form right quick.