Wes’s Life

A con­stant idea on my mind is how should I present myself online. This web­site is under con­stant attack from my brain; I don’t really under­stand why it doesn’t change too much. I’ve looked around and I’ve deter­mined that there are a few levels of ded­i­ca­tion that go with the kind of online pres­ence they con­tain.

1. Blog - Yeah, I guess this was coming. Blog’s tend to take the most amount of time if they are well main­tained. This can range from a self-​hosted Word­press blog, a Blog­ger blog, or a Vox blog. I know I can spend vast amounts of time writ­ing.

2. Tumblr - This is one I just found out about. It’s kinda like having a blog point­ing to other people’s con­tent, with­out the point­ing. It brings together small posts, photos, links, con­ver­sa­tions, quotes and videos. I think I might have to set one of these up for all the small things I want to post about.

3. MySpace/Face­book - This one might be scoffed at, but some people take these things very seri­ously. I’ve seen people that will post daily on the little blog like devices these sites have. I espe­cially have to wonder about the MySpace folks, that site is hideous and I wouldn’t want to read any­thing on it for extended peri­ods of time.

4. Twit­ter - This would take the least amount of time besides noth­ing or set­ting some­thing up and never main­tain­ing it. You can just drop on to the site and put up a quick blurb about what you are doing. You can even update it from your phone or IM. I think they limit you to only so many char­ac­ters, but thats not a bad thing.

So, where do you stand in terms of how much time you feel like spend­ing? I keep going back and forth with how much time I want to spend. Some days the blog is great as I can type out things like this. Other days I would rather not main­tain a thing and would love to just use Tumblr. I main­tain MySpace and Face­book pages, but really those are for my friends that don’t feel like trying some­thing new, which is the vast major­ity of them. I’ve tried Twit­ter, but it just felt trite.

In the end, I’ll keep the blog because I can write as much as I’d like. I might start a Tumblr and give that a shot. MySpace and Face­book will still be there, but I don’t write any­thing on them. Twit­ter will prob­a­bly be aban­doned.