“instead of spending time on articles, I’ve been putting up quick posts and doing nothing more with them.”

Boy, can I empathize with that one. I have to deliberately fight the tendency to wastespend an hour writing a casual blog essay when I should be working on a more substantive Cites & Insights piece–and, for that matter, Cites & Insights has distracted me from more formal publishing opportunities.

Blogging is seductive/addictive, both for the reader and the writer. That can be a good thing or a trap. If you’re finding it a trap, then maybe going cold turkey is your best bet.

i understand your reticence to continue blogging: it’s supposed to help with information overload, but can very easily do the opposite. i’ve found that blogs (e.g. my ‘RSS in special libraries’ project: tonneten.net/library) are often really ‘project logs’ (fortunately, ‘plogs’ didn’t take off as a term, though ‘blawgs’ has…): once the reason for doing it has vanished (i.e. from changing circumstances), the focus changes, and the site suffers.

ifwhen you cease, i’ll miss your feed: it’s one of the most informed and considered library-related site around.

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