shake my petals free

[labellementeuse]

One of the things I've been thinking about lately while walking home (something I usually do between the hours of about 10pm and 2-3am, so that's the kind of thought processes we're talking about) is teasing out my online identity into my personal identity and my professional identity. I've noticed that this is a slightly different separation than most people's: a lot of people seem to have an online/fannish identity, and an offline/Facebook/RL identity. But I expect that in my future the ability to use a range of social networks (including twitter and blog software) is going to be a good thing to put on my CV. I'm a little bemused about this. I wouldn't mind a coworker reading my livejournal; I wouldn't mind a prospective employer reading [most of] my comments at, say, the Hand Mirror. On the other hand, I wouldn't be wild about a prospective employer reading anything under my rant tag, or even most of my book reviews - they're just not that measured and thoughtful - but I *do* want to have something to put on my CV to demonstrate, you know, willing.

All this is a roundabout way of saying that in, like, November I think I'm going to start a RL blog, something I could potentially put on my CV and show to my grandmother, and I've been noodling it out over the last week or so. What I imagine is that content here would stay basically the same. IDK people, what do we think about these issues? What do we look for in a blog, other than a certain standard of writing?

I know one-issue blogs are pretty popular, but I don't think I *have* a one-issue blog in me. I thought it might go something like this: Meander OR Media Monday (a TV or movie or music review), Wednesday Week (a links day), Friday Feed (recipe day), Sunday Read (book review). Optional in there would be a craft day. Social justice and fannish stuff would all stay here. But then this kind of blog is rubbish for the other thing I want to do, which is try to keep my parents vaguely up-to-date with my life. Maybe I want Me Monday! Sigh. IDK. Talk to me about what a good blog looks like to you, I wanna know.

Comments

[katarik]

I think that plan actually sounds like a good one -- Media Monday, [you] Tuesday, Wednesday Week, Toiling Thursday for discussion of work and stuff, Friday Feed, Social Justice Saturday, Sunday Read. Etc. That would be a blog I would read -- anything I felt like not reading, I just wouldn't check that day.

[birke]

I think that my own family (except for my sister) would prefer to get email updates from me rather than read a blog, but yours may be different.

I agree that it's good to separate topics into days. My idea of a good blog includes regular but not crazy-frequent posts (one every day being ideal) and consistency of content. Either the posts are all in a general sphere (e.g. social justice of various stripes) or there's something that links them together. One of the blogs I read (anamericaninireland.com), generally relating stories of an expat life, usually includes a relevant recipe at the end of each post. I usually skim over the recipes, but I don't mind because they're so predictable when they appear.