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Re: A post a day

fredwilson — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:38:06 -0000

Aha

That was one hell of a day

Thanks for reminding me Ken!

Re: A post a day

Brian — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:42:58 -0000

I am not an everyday reader of your blog, but I find it very valuable. Maybe go to the college model... posts on Mon, Wed and Friday... or longer more in depth posts on Tues and Thurs. I think there is still plenty that you can add, share and disseminate via this medium.

Much like the first blog I found so useful, Russell Beattie's notebook, I would be saddened by the loss of your blog.

I can only urge you to continue to share your thoughts. I know as a research analyst that constant commenting on news or a company or an idea is difficult to do and without turning it into a business (GigaOm and Alleyinsider) has been probably the best part of this blog. Its still true to the idea of sharing ideas and not *completely* focusing on how can I post ideas from the beach and get paid for it.

I can only hope you continue the blog with less regularity. The quality of a blog is totally dependent on its source, and you are a great source.

Re: A post a day

kenberger — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:10:29 -0000

But the astute reader might remember you *have* missed a day-- 3/16/07 when you moved it seems: http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2...

(the game of Gotcha sure is fun, or annoying, eh?)

Re: A post a day

kid mercury — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:26:59 -0000

more like cal ripken jr, IMO

Re: A post a day

dgulbran — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:33:49 -0000

Long form blogging doesn't have to be daily to be effective. Most of the blogs that I read--really read--with longer posts are once a week or sometimes even less. Post long form when the topic warrants, not out of a need to get something out each day...

Re: A post a day

fredwilson — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:08:06 -0000

I haven't missed a day yet, but it's going to happen

It would have happened if I hadn't written this post

Re: A post a day

slowblogger — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:34:14 -0000

Long vs. short is one axis. Fast vs. slow is another. Yet another could be initiating vs. commenting.

Welcome to slow blogging! My blog address is... www.slowblogger.com, and recently I was happily surprised to find other people who praise slow blogging. Google 'slow blogging.'

Re: A post a day

mattmaroon — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:34:12 -0000

I donât, but not for any particular reason. I'll check it out.

Re: A post a day

Lee Greenhouse — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:59:19 -0000

I've marveled at your ability to say something interesting everyday for so many years. Does your declaration make you the Lou Gehrig of bloggers?

Re: A post a day

Steve Kane — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:44:31 -0000

amazed its taken this long for fatigue to hit

your run has been really incredible - quantity and quality

maybe you need to go to a business week schedule - try to post mon-fri and give yourself the weekend off

Re: A post a day

Aruni S. Gunasegaram — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:56:07 -0000

I've always been impressed that you have the time and interest to post something everyday. I always enjoy reading your posts...of course some more than others. It will be interesting to see how posting less than once a day will affect the length of time you end up spending on each post and the traffic to your blog.

Re: A post a day

madpotter — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:44:26 -0000

You may part of a population that is so linked that this is possible for you. I am still finding my way in the wilderness and so still using multiple channels, albeit long posting far from daily. :-) Short posting daily, no problemo. thx for your musings!

Re: A post a day

slyder1z — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:31:12 -0000

Figures, I just found you yesterday, signed up and this was my first message. LOL

Re: A post a day

fredwilson — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:19:33 -0000

i am not saying that i will start blogging in 140 characters or that tumblr style blogging is good enough. but, take for example, my tweet last night that the top two blog posts at that time on techmeme were, in fact, comments on arrington's Yahoo post that the bloggers (me and tim o'reilly) decided to turn into posts. that's an interesting development. if techmeme could just link to the comment, we wouldn't have even had to write the posts. that's a blog post actualy, but i got the idea out there in abbreviated form in 140 characters. maybe i'll develop it today into a full blown blog post. maybe i won't. that's what i was saying really. i have three forms of blogging now. long form, short form and micro. and i use them all.

Re: A post a day

fredwilson — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:15:43 -0000

i've thought about this but then it puts me in the position of criticizing someone else's company. i have a lot of thoughts about friendfeeed, for example, and i've posted them a few times. but i don't want to be seen as being overly critical of them. i think they are doing a terrific job in many ways.

Re: A post a day

fredwilson — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:13:57 -0000

one hour in the morning and a bunch of activity throughout the day in the comments

Re: A post a day

fredwilson — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:13:23 -0000

do you follow my tumblog at fredwilson.vc, there's always some good stuff there too

Re: A post a day

fredwilson — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:12:34 -0000

i didn't say twitter put an end to long form blogging, i said that services like twitter and tumblr that offer alternatives are likely to put an end to my long form blogging every day.

and twitter can keep the systems up for five minutes. that said, they know they have to do better and are working very hard on a bunch of things to do that. check the twitter status blog for the latest. http://status.twitter.com/

Re: A post a day

fredwilson — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:09:36 -0000

you do, but you also are your own toughest critic of what is "smart"

Re: A post a day

fredwilson — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:08:13 -0000

right, i meant for me. not for the world. sorry about that confusion

Re: A post a day

Geoff — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:17:16 -0000

I agree with the other commentors. Your output is truly amazing especially for such a person guy with a family and company to run. Not only that you have never swamped your readers with sudden deluges etc

I always think one of the beauties of reading through RSS is that I don't have to visit your site every day (to maybe now find you haven't posted), as soon as you post I will get it.

Re: A post a day

gregorylent — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:55:46 -0000

the same situation arises in putting out a daily paper, or a weekly magazine ... and may go a long way in understanding why those mediums seems so stale and formulaic , not worth reading

Re: A post a day

simondodson — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:30:32 -0000

avc is the first thing i check when i get online , i dont even know why .. but like clockwork, sure enough , everytime...

Re: A post a day

Prakash Sreewastav — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:21:18 -0000

Fred, I have written to you earlier - I wait for your blog post everyday. And I read everything diligently. I love the way you write and think.

Some of the things that you say and convey cannot be done in a short post. If not everyday, you've got to write great stuff once in two or three days.

I get the feeling that you will not be able to keep yourself away for long. :-)

Re: A post a day

zackmansfield — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:33:02 -0000

Long form blogging on the way out? It's an interesting thought. To be completely fair, there are only a small number of full time long form bloggers out there (speaking merely qualitatively as one who has started and stopped a handful of long form blogs). Your ability to pump out content on such a regular basis which is relevant and original is quite a unique trait. I too sense that the form of messaging will evolve into more distinctly short patterned and truncated forms as more and more people embrace your vision of "telling their story" on the web. Is it via Twitter? No idea. But it will be something. There will always be people like yourself who enjoy creating long form posts for the value the provide, both to you and the readers. I, for one, hope that the medium is just beginning.