Did you miss me? Yes, it's hard to believe that it's been exactly one month since I last blogged. After a solid 15 months of blogging, on average, one post per day, I decided to take some time off and the month of February seemed like a reasonably long enough period to really let me assess a number of aspects of this blog.
It's been harder than I thought to stay away from my WYSIWYG editor; and literally hundreds of interesting topics have crossed my mind that would've been worthy fodder to write about. But as the month wore on it became almost cathartic to NOT write. I had begun to feel like blogging was almost an obligation, and my inability to write about all the things I felt warranted my attention began to simply take the fun out of the process.
But that's all over now, and I've never felt more centered on both the time and energy I can and will allocate to Ponderings. Simply put, I'm going to blog about technology and investing issues that I feel passionate about, and not worry about the rest. Seems simple enough, but I had lost sight of that.
Before I explain what "90 in 30" means, let me say a collective thanks to all of my friends, colleagues and other readers who cared enough about to inquire about when I was going to get off my ass and start blogging again. Have no fear, I'm back with a vengeance! The fact that so many of you missed my blog enough to reach out is flattering to be sure.
Now, onto "90 in 30"...this is my way of making up for lost time. Having not blogged for 30 days, I'm now committing to NINETY (90) blog posts in THIRTY (30) days. Yes, an average of three posts per day. 90 posts (this is #1) by March 31st or else. Or else what? For every post short of my goal, I will donate $100 to charity. To spice things up, I will allow my readers to pick charities for my donations if I do in fact miss my goal. A few ground rules...1) simply linking to someone else's post does NOT count toward the 90, and 2) it does not have to be three posts per day, it's only the cumulative total that matters.
So start counting, and come along for the ride as I push for 90-in-30...
I'm sure you'll make it, but just in case you don't - Action Aid.
Posted by: David Terrar | March 12, 2007 at 02:34 AM
welcome back!
Posted by: shawn | March 03, 2007 at 01:25 PM
"I'm going to blog about technology and investing issues that I feel passionate about, and not worry about the rest. Seems simple enough, but I had lost sight of that."
Jason, I don't get it. What is it that you lost sight of? Your blog always felt very focused, exactly as you define above...
Posted by: Zoli Erdos | March 01, 2007 at 11:11 PM