An old teacher of mine always said that most media critiques itself in some way. There are movies about movie-making, songs about song-writing, plays about play-writing. These different mediums reference themselves, creating unique situations and experiences for those watching, listening, or reading the work. It is in this spirit that I write this post.

When I decided that I wanted to start a blog, I was not sure what I would blog about. Would it be “design-focused”? Or maybe I would simply post links to interesting finds from the web? Either way, I was not clear of the path I wanted to take.

Currently, most of my entries are design related (see A Responsive Refresh and New Posters are Here!) But I do have a few posts that are quite short—more of an update than a full entry (Possibly a “Finder” Tee) and are not design related. Simply, my blog is all over the place. But maybe that’s a good thing. In writing a blog post about blog posts, I hope to work out my ideas and maybe get to a point where I will know where I want my blog to go.

I think what I have to do, is not think. Instead of asking myself if an idea for a post it good enough, I should just write it. I don’t have to come up with what my blog will “be”. By writing about what comes to mind, the blog will form itself.

One of my favorite blogs belongs to Trent Walton. On his site, he has two different sections to his blog. The first is titled “articles”. This section is filled with longer posts, usually on a specific topic or current issue. The second section is titled “notes”. This section is filled with shorter findings and happening from around the web. What Mr. Walton has done, is allow himself to have both full-length entries and shorter ones. By separating the different kinds of posts into different sections, there is no need to worry if a certain post “fits” with the rest of the blog.

For me, I think I will continue to have one stream of entries, varying the type of entry. I’ll mix in longer “articles” with shorter “notes” and as I build up my entries, my blog will begin to define itself. The less I think about what I should write about, the easier it will be to write, and soon, I’ll have no problem coming up with ideas for new entries.