Site Focus Shifting Dramatically
I have been running this blog for the past few years under the mantra of posting about any topic which I thought was worth writing about. There has never been a particular focus for this blog. Throughout the thousands of posts running rampant around this part of town I’ve posted about my family, Japan, politics, technology and whatever else came to my whack-ass head. If you have been following me throughout the years then you know I’ve never discriminated on the content I post. All topics are fair game!
Although this technique has worked well up until now, I have reached a point where continuing with the status-quo will do more harm than good for the site.
I have decided to break posting up across a variety of sites, each one focused on specific topics. The “one-size-fits-all” mentality I have employed is no longer a viable manner to post to the site any longer. A break-up of sorts is going to be a good thing both for you the reader, and me the writer, because you will know exactly what to expect when I post. No more, “is this moron posting about his damn family again?” Well, not here anyways!
So how am I going about this “break-up” of content?
jarkolicious.com is now effectively a technology focused blog, where I will write about technology-related issues such as applications (both OS and web based) reviews, web development and other similar items of interest. The focus of jarkolicious.com will solely be technology and geek related stuff; all political, family, personal and other such matters will be moved off-site.
My personal site, which I am essentially using as a tumblelog or even slightly enhanced lifestream, is now located at scott.jarkoff.com. My personal site will be specifically used for all my personal and family related posts. When Anthony busts out first place in his next track meet, and I crank out a nifty iMovie-based-flick out of our meager videocam efforts, I will share that with the world on Scott Jarkoff. When you think about it, a site named “Scott Jarkoff” should be about my personal life, not a site named jarkolicious, no?
At the moment these are the only sites I plan to break the information across. No single site I operate will aggregate the posts from across this makeshift network.
I do plan to sift through the thousands of posts here on jarkolicious.com and remove those which no longer fit within the criteria for being published on the site. Most of the posts will simply be migrated to my personal site, while others may just end up deleted altogether. I am not tied to a specific action at this juncture. This effort will probably take a few days, possibly a week, so please bear with me while I do a little housecleaning.
Many thanks to all of you who visit on a regular basis, those who have supported me throughout the years and those who have offered insight for direction of the site. Methinks this is a smart move, and a move which will enrich the site, which in turn assists everyone involved.
Sounds like a good idea, though throughout the past three or four years I have been following you I have been interested in a lot of what you write. I’m wondering however, why not use tumblr for your tumblelog?
sounds like a good idea, more work though!? I for one have never minded you “mixing it up” here though as I find it all interesting and entertaining anywayhow! Hope this works out for you! :-)
Sounds like a bad idea to me. Split up your readership. You post at most twice a month lately it seems, and taking 2 posts a month and splitting it across sites? Why not just add tags to this site, and if I want just personal I could click the “personal” tag.