When I moved from my old static home page to my new dynamic site over a year ago, I collapsed my blog into the main site. I reasoned then, that since the whole was basically what I was doing and thinking, there was no need for a separate interface to blogs.
After getting some recent feedback on my site (and attempting to simplify it), and playing around with blogging software, I’ve rethought this. There is a use for a light and quick interface to the blog. Also, blog software has advanced to the point where it is easier to post quick links and thoughts here (in WordPress in case you are wondering) than in my main site.
I’ve kept the same categories, and the same rules apply. You can follow this blog (and RSS feed) and see everything that is happening here or on my “main site.” I’ll just use the larger site as more an archive and general front door, and this blog for more informal thoughts and announcements. I’ve also tried to make this blog a sort of interface light to all my information in the blog and outside of it.
Please let me know what you think. That’s another reason I’m breaking my blog out. TikiWiki, the software for my whole site, has great interactive features, but it was hammered by comment spam. I’m hoping the comment function here can be used for feedback and won’t get too overwhelmed with spam. WordPress seems to have some good spam blocking features, but we’ll see.