When Scripting News started, it was a linkblog. When I wrote an essay it would be on the DaveNet site, and I'd point to it from the linkblog, along with links to all the other things I linked to. Then I figured out how to have the essays appear on Scripting News along with the links. I kept getting bug reports from people with feed readers that didn't like my links, so finally I gave up on the linkblog part. A few weeks after that, Twitter pops up. So I posted all my links on Twitter. Gradually I built up editorial tools for my linkblogging, casually at first, but lately, very seriously. This week I brought the linkblogging back to Scripting News, in the right margin. I'm happy with the result. I get to review my recent stories. And people who read this site in the web browser, and there are quite a few of them, are introduced to the links I've been pushing through Twitter. Reminding me that it was probably a mistake to give Twitter all my links, exclusively. Or lazy. Yeah, probably just lazy. But not no mo! My stats are already showing improved circulation. Good! There's life after Twitter. Happy. |