Today as I sat here bumming out a little bit still, I decided I would set out to visit some of my friends blogs. As I was reading Lyndi’s great post about how to add some killer code to your header.php I was able to see that she is yet again giving out great content, very readable and the comment section is buzzing with praise and follow ups.
I thought about how this blog really has no direction. How I have bounced from one direction to the next and I want you to know one thing. Blogging is a long term venture. I have been able to transform myself from a hostile anti-social misfit from society to a relatively shy recluse LOLL 
Recluse ? I was thinking about going to that Blogger Expo in Vegas and if it would be worth the expense to cross paths with so many well known bloggers and social media types ? I think it would be pretty expensive for the whole venture. It’s in October. Here in San Antonio they have a new co working space downtown. Tomorrow they have a Web Professionals luncheon I may just go. The whole point is blogging is so fast you have to keep up. Within a few days you can go from riding your stats hard to a ghost town.
I was able to realize that I also sabotage myself often. It’s difficult to have to operate on internet time when your used to a New York minute but rest assure I’m far from done.
Sometimes it’s good to step back and assess where your at and where you want to Go ?
How are you going to get THERE if you don’t know where it’s at ? I’ll let you think about that for a sec I liked this clip check it out Dedicated to Extreme John.
The whole point is whatever your online goals may be your going to work for them or they won’t happen.Thanks for stopping by
- San Antonio Social Media is on fire (potpolitics.com)
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Hell yeah and first on the list and I don’t give two shizzie’s, it’s about time you spun something I would feel.
Now stop trying to gain a bigger lead on me on the interwebs and check your Twitter DM’s
yeah I did it.
.-= Extreme John@Blogging CEO´s last blog ..Progress Energy Price and Service FAIL =-.
I often wonder which direction my blog is going. I’m not even sure what it’s about sometimes; however, I do know what type of post generates the most traffic: it’s the one’s where I reveal how stupid I am.
Whenever I make an idiot of myself and post about it I get mass quantities of happy visitors who often leave comments.
Sometimes, though, I’m forced to write posts that I’m sure loses readers permanently. But I do these crappy posts because I know I will get tons of Google search traffic and lower my Alexa (it’s dropping–down below 260k now from over 450k last month–but it will be months before I see the 5 figure numbers again).
Anyway, I’m going to be posting more and more about my daily adventures with a few blogging tips and gadget stuff thrown in from time to time. The main thing is to make people smile enough to want to return on a regular basis. If I can do that, I’m happy.
.-= DeadRooster´s last blog ..Nightmare at 1000 Feet =-.
My personal blog (which doubles as part-time self-employment) has very little in the way of direction, very little in the way of solid goals or strictly-defined structure.. It’s a regularly updated rant that hardly stays on topic most of the time. heh heh..
.-= music scene kid´s last blog ..Featured Video =-.
I couldn’t agree more with you. On my end, I just live by the day and my blog is certainly a work in progress.
.-= Mathdelane @Software Critics´s last blog ..cookienator =-.
John’s a recluse now? That’s really funny! LOL
I hear ya with the ghost town, gotta keep it up.
I find the personal posts and humor seem to keep my visitors happy:) and the ones where I announce my recent screwups:0
.-= Jenny R´s last blog ..Internet Marketing Humor For Hump Day- Twouble with Twitters =-.
Being too focused is over rated my friend. I enjoy free flowing here with y’ah a bit.
.-= madhollywood@Sketch of the Day´s last blog ..Treehouse =-.
Ok, second attempt on this comment, thanks to my internet connection going out.
I was thinking about the blogging convention too, but it’s a bit out of my price range as well. Especially since I am saving up for a birthday treat for my hubby that same month. Oddly enough, I Googled “blogging convention vegas” because of this post to see what the fees were again, and my Star Trek Pictures post came up number two, which is kind of funny.
I’m super busy, being halfway immersed in the world of freelance. Not enough confidence to go into it full time, but I wish I could. It would give me more time to do stuff I want to do, like really get involved in my blogging community again. I miss interacting with my readers.
~ Kristi
.-= Kikolani´s last blog ..WordPress Thesis Theme Customization Part Four A: Custom Coding =-.
Direction… That’s a cool question but sincerely when it comes to my blog I do not have a REAL predefine direction or plan. I go by the waves and what really interest me right now.
Let’s take life easy
.-= Kurt Avish´s last blog ..5 Free Romantic Couples Games =-.
Thanks for the post… my direction? I think I want to go into a “paranormal” direction, but politics (especially healthcare) have really grabbed my focus. Some of my Beach Boys related stuff grabs the most hits! I guess I’ll make this a more intuitive based blog…whatever the hell that means.
.-= Rick´s last blog ..“Setting the Record Straight” on Health Care. =-.
Agreed. Blogging has to be looked at as more of a longer term, evolutionary activity. I wrestle with some of the same issues of focus and scope of my blog. Or whether it’s time to spin off another blog to help narrow my focus. And how to find the hours in the day to keep all the balls up in the air…
.-= Mike McEvoy´s last blog ..7 Reasons Netbook Computers are great for students =-.
I’m beginning to like your blog John…and by the way did anyone ever tell you you look like Stone Cold Steve Austin?
.-= MichaelR@VoIP and Tech Blog´s last blog ..How to Improve VoIP Call Quality =-.