Scoble does not like the collected list of links format of the .NET Nightly, or other Daily Grind inspired lists. Personally I think it depends on what type of information you are talking about. I use this format because the .NET Nightly is a collection of quick links, I don’t have alot to say about the links and there is usually not much in the post that is conversation inspiring. When I want to post about something and really comment on it then I normally post an individual post.
I don’t think I would like to see my blog, or Mike’s Blog, cluttered up with tons of individual posts only containing a single link. It looks like most people would agree with me based on the comments on Scoble’s post. What do you think?
-James
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Absolutely not.
I have enough to read as it is.
agreed.
I understand Scoble’s point. In my case if I want to follow-up on a blog entry later I mark it with a flag in Outlook. But with your .NET Nightly entries, when I go back I have to try to remember what specifically I was interested in that made me flag it.
Still, I also see your point. <music>Don’t go changin’, to try to please me…</music> Do what feels right to you!
Another Scoble would be at least one too many. Please keep the daily summary format.
Consolidated lists are good for a "what’s up" when you have some time to surf and do non-serious research. Individual posts like Scoble’s would place higher in Google rankings for their terms because the term would be a higher percentage of the total content.
Also, if Scoble is trying to effect a revolution in Microsoft from within, then you want to make it as easy as possible for people to discuss some of the topics. It’s a bet that at least some of the many posts will get people thinking, whereas fewer aggregated posts probably won’t.
You win some, you lose some.
I like it as-is. My 2 cents.
I don’t read your summary blog entries. I have a ton of feeds I’m subscribed to, so nowadays I scan the entry titles to see which ones to read. Summary entries don’t provide enough information in the title to see if the entry is worthwhile.
The blogs where people like yourself give a daily list of a few interesting things they have come across during the day are among my favourites.
If I were ever to cut down on the numbers of blogs I follow, they (and a few specialist blogs) would be the ones I’d keep.
Do it whatever way you want. Who cares if someone has a preference against cut and paste? And Bruce, Huh? What’s up with your comment? You say that you don’t read the summary blog entries, but somehow you responded to this one, that has a different title? Perhaps PimpTighl just needs to be more creative with the titles, eh? You go, Pimp!
I find the current format very useful.
I am torn. If I visit you in a browser I like your current format better. If I visit you in NewsGator I agree with Bruce that I often just pass over it because I’m scanning titles for interesting things so fast (I follow 1280+ feeds now a day).
I was more reporting on my observation that your posts don’t get emailed around on mailing lists internally, while mine do all the time. That can drive a lot of traffic and interest internally.
Wow! Thanks for all the great feedback. I think I am going to stick with the current format, but perhaps add more informative titles. (Which I used to do along time ago, but got tired of it)
-James
Scoble is wrong period. It is the mark of a good engineer and writer to be able to collect information and take the *time* to collect it into *one* coherent whole rather than bombard people with dozens of posts. Sure it takes more time but it is usually the right thing to do. I know my readers greatly prefer it because they tell me. I greatly prefer yours as it is James.
Summarizing the feedback here and elsewhere, it appears that people who only read entry titles don’t like consolidated postings. So, I guess that’s the audience we’re not writing for.
Owen’s right – I read this post because the title was different, and it attracted my attention. It sounds like a lot of your readers prefer the current format, though, so you’re making the right choice.
Right Mike. I am not writing for that audience either
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