This is my first post for the second half of the year. So far I have made 170 entries to this journal and have really enjoyed the process. I stopped a few months ago to reflect on the first 100 posts and the thoughts there are still central to my work on this blog. My numbers have gone up and down a bit, but overall, I have now had over 2,000 unique visitors view over 7,000 pages on my blog. I still have not many comments -- so if you have a thought, don't hesitate to contribute.
Blog = Organize my Thoughts
The one thing I appreciate most about the process of writing is it forces me to think through my ideas. It is pretty easy to throw out an idea in a conversation at a party and much harder to think it through enough to craft it into a blog post. Also, I have found very interesting reading on the web that I never would have found otherwise because I make it a habit to search for thoughts similar to mine while writing. I do want to contribute some original thinking -- not just say the same thing everyone else does. When I find a piece that says everything I want to say, I just link to it.
Twitter = Keep Track of Links
I also make some entries at Twitter @jcleon. These are links to articles I find that I want to go back to later. Sometimes I will add bit of an intro, other times not. I think I will be using Twitter more and more -- particularly after the World Cup is over. I use backupify to back up my Twitter entries. This is a great service and gives me the ability to get the full list of links without being subject to Twitter's ups and downs.
So it has been a great six months and I am looking forward to hitting over 300 posts before the end of the year. If you want me to write about something in particular, don't hesitate to put it in the comments.