{"id":632,"date":"2009-11-13T15:04:28","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T20:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.adam-jackson.net\/?p=632"},"modified":"2009-11-13T15:04:28","modified_gmt":"2009-11-13T20:04:28","slug":"looking-for-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2009\/11\/13\/looking-for-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Looking for Feedback&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been blogging at this space for nearly a year now. Prior to this, it was 5 separate blogs with different topics and their own small subsets of groups that commented. My interests were shifting and my free time was drying up so I dropped those and started fresh with a blog that was simply my thoughts about various topics but with no particular theme. So far, the results have been fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s something missing though. I&#8217;d like to do something different or at least evolve the blog for its 1 year anniversary and set the tone for 2010. I&#8217;m looking for comments on how things can be improved. Here are my initial ideas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do more rich media (audio &amp; video)<\/li>\n<li>Write significantly smaller blog posts (80% of them are over 1,200 words)<\/li>\n<li>Include more photos to make the blog feel more alive<\/li>\n<li>Allow a couple of guest bloggers to write here<\/li>\n<li>Start using tags and re-do categories to better reflect the diversity of my posts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks everyone for your support. I&#8217;m looking forward to a terrific 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve been blogging at this space for nearly a year now. 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