the decision to blog has been made and the gardners are in. for the past three days I've been weighing the pros and cons of blogging. i want substance, entertainment, bi-weekly updates, not a post every four weeks. three days is not exactly a torturous amount of time and really it wasn't a tough decision, once we knew we were ready to commit. the tough part came with set-up. here's a run down....
Welcome to Blogspot.com
Enter email: no problem.
Password: check.
Name the blog: work in progress with some strong options...still feeling good
Pick a web address: whoa! the address is serious business and i didn't even see it coming. what was i thinking? it's the gateway to a blog, setting the tone, initiating thoughts and feelings. it should be easy to remember and have threads of relevancy. for example, our address could not be lovingspam.blogspot.com because neither jason nor i love spam or have any connection to the mystery meat. i've never even tried the stuff!
jason came to the rescue and we started tossing ideas around. after our first five ideas were pronounced "already in use", it dawned on me that people have been blogging for years and millions of addresses are already in use. i can appreciate that. cosmic fairness. good for them for being in the wave that started the trend. but now what? time to think outside the box and let go of "gardnerfamily.blogspot.com" or "jasonanderica.blogspot.com." (can you tell what a small box i'm in by midnight?)
as more names came to mind and were then unavailable, curiosity set in and i decided to check these "taken" pages out. enter frustration....here's why. it just doesn't seem right for bloggers (or should i say potential bloggers) to pick "gardnerfamily", a lovely name probably desired by many, and then post once in 2004 "just seeing how this works"! sheesh! this wasn't the only one. some people haven't posted a thing! i wouldn't be surprised is 20% of bloggers start pages to see how it works and never get the momentum rolling. perhaps some of this (roughly estimated) 20% should have taken two or three days to weigh out the situation and readied themselves for the commitment of blogging.
what i know for sure 1. we're committed and 2. i'm satisfied with our address. may the constantgardners roll on.
three cheers for all the dedicated bloggers out there who keep their momentum up and their readers enthralled.
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