Four years ago today, Fiat Lux came online.
I've averaged a post every 1.21 days since then. Not bad, for a solo effort (plus one guess post from Scott).
I've had days where fewer than a dozen people came to my site, and a few days where more than 6,000 people stopped by.
I've had days where I couldn't wait to get something up onto the blog, and days where I've though about shutting it down entirely.
I've learned a lot about the mechanics of web marketing -- SEO, how to build traffic, how to get links -- that I use in my professional work.
I like to think that the discipline of writing this blog has made me a better writer (although this post is probably not one of me better efforts in that regard). At the very least, I'm more aware of my weaknesses as a writer now, and hopefully I do a better job of working through them.
Lately, though, it feels like most of what I want to write about is me, me, me. And this blog is at it's best when it's not all about me. Not sure how to resolve that contradiction right now; perhaps I need a few more days away from the blog to get my groove back.
I closed my first post like this:
What next? Who knows. But I think that I'd like to blog the journey.
And now, 4 years later, I still do. So let's see what happens.
Comments (4)
Congratulations on the longevity. Also on that 6k hits bit, but I won't go there as it would make me feel rather insecure with my high score of 68. (At least on LOC. CD's best day for me was 582 after a late-day Instalanche.)
And that almost makes me want to go back and read through my first entries. But I fear that I will read them and start gibbering at the horrible nonsense I've spouted over the last two years.
Posted by Off Colfax | September 2, 2007 10:05 PM
Kevin Drum tagged me with a link a couple of times; each one was good for a huge avalanche of hits for the next 72 hours or so. After that it got back to normal pretty quickly.
Posted by fiat lux | September 2, 2007 11:01 PM
A BLOG is only an on-line diary. This is where you hash out your feelings and thoughts. Letting the rest of the world tune in and p'raps comment, only fine tunes your own thoughts and feelings. It should be all about you, what you see and what you do.
It's not supposed to change the world, but through your compassion and logic in a heartless and chaotic world, you make it all a little better one post at a time.
Posted by Dexter Herron | September 7, 2007 3:14 PM
It's not supposed to change the world, but through your compassion and logic in a heartless and chaotic world, you make it all a little better one post at a time
That's a good way of putting it, Dexter. I need to remember that.
Posted by fiat lux | September 8, 2007 8:51 AM