As you saw from my last post a few months back, the blog as you knew it is done. But a couple of things I’ve noticed in the past months:
1. I’ve been identified with this alias/URL so long in libraryland (much the same as I have different aliases in other places) that this is what people know me as. And blisspix is just that more catchy than Semantic Library as an alias, don’t you think?
2. It’s not possible to let this URL drop, so I should do *something* with it.
3. Seems like everyone’s still subscribed, no? At least according to Feedburner.
4. It would be nice to have a place to put stuff that is not Semantic Web-related, like updates on papers I’m working on, stuff on design and UX, Drupal, web development etc.
So I’m thinking about what to do with the site/domain, the old blog is definitely done, but if you have any suggestions, let me know!
- not even *daring* to mention anything ending in 2.0 -
Blogs evolve. This one has.
As a reader, I welcome whatever you put here. If it becomes the type of thing I don’t want to read, I’ll unsubscribe
Until then, do whatever you want in your own space 
My identity management / blog plans involve installing WP Mu over my domain. I just need to be 100% sure that I can get the URLS of my current blog to map to the new installation, so ppl can still follow links they save.
I’m planning to split off my personal “Here’s my Doc Martens collection” kinds of posts from my more professional posts. And have a place that I can create “as needed” blogs for projects etc, maybe a VLOG.
And now that work can host a work blog on the uni domain, that will become part of my blog stable …errr….unstable….errr..everchanging moveable feast….
Kathryn beat me to it. Add a new slogan/tagline if you want, modify the “permanent hiatus” post, and use the blog for your current needs. I suspect a lot of us will keep you subscribed because you still have worthwhile things to say, and the others will go away.
Heck, if you really do the comparison, my ejournal (Cites & Insights) is an almost completely different animal than it was in 2000–but the change was gradual rather than abrupt. Any time you have a significant break, you can make an abrupt change…and keep the name recognition you’ve built up.
Thanks Kathryn and Walt,
Hmm, food for thought there. I’m thinking a good idea might be to draft a few posts on things-that-may-be-worthwile-saying. If I still have the need to say and publish them then I’ll do that otherwise, more thinking to do.
Kathryn - LOL at Docs collection. Maybe I should have a “junk I’m selling on eBay” blog.