I’m astonished at how many people read this blog, and how many subscribed.
Who the hell are you, and why do you find my rants interesting enough to justify subscribing? 
There is a problem though. I started blogging some 4 years ago, at a time where being a French guy put me in the minority. Now in Montreal, “Some French Guy” ain’t nuthin special.
Clearly, the title has got to go. But what should I call this blog? “Daniel’s rants on Code and Politics” or something equally factual and boring? “Great learnings in Experimental Rocket Surgery”?
Ideally, the title should reflect the contents. Being part of that technical conversation is important professionally, maybe it should be in a separate blog? I currently refrain from posting articles that are too technical to avoid boring (most) readers.
In deciding what I want to blog about, I’ve concluded that much of my writing is done via services like Twitter, Delicious and my Google Reader shared items. In some cases, the conversation I care about is happening on other blogs.
So, any ideas? And how many others are having an existential crisis about their blog?
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I don’t read you, I stalk you
Seriously, I tend to follow friends and people that I’ve met in the past as long as I find their blog interesting. Call me old school but I tend to follow people that I’ve met for real. You gain extra points for being in Montreal.
i blog when i only have something to say. i don’t think it’s a good idea to force yourself to have a position or a pre-determined editorial stance. so… continue to code, continue to appreciate life, and then blog about your experiences
btw: people subscribe because they find your writing interesting, it’s as simple as that.
I agree with Heri.
And sorry about taking the discussion to “my place”, should have closed the comments and directed to comment here.
Thanks for the comments folks.
Wow, I thought separating the blog into one techie and one non-techie was an obvious one, but that doesn’t seem to be the consensus.
Patrick - I didn’t mean to imply anything you’d need to apologize for. I’m delighted you linked to me and expanded the conversation in an interesting way.
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I’m thinking “A Shimshammer’s Journey through Techsville”
It’s cute. It mentions IT. It doesn’t really make sense when you think about it long enough. ITS YOU!
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