Twisted Sideways

I recently attended a Social Media Breakfast here in Austin.  Tim Walker was the speaker that morning and had a lot of history and insight to share.  It was great to connect with a lot of old friends and even meet some news ones.

During the Q&A with Tim, there was lady that asked a question about content.  In her question she made mention that the internet, blogs, and other forms of posting content has become a bit overwhelming.  She added that even though she uses an RSS reader, she finds that so many people post simply to post, rather than having good content that becomes relevant to readers.  She wasn’t reffering to the family blogs, the blogs where people simply post pictures and updates for their friends and family and not so much for the general media.

Her comment has made me think a lot about why I post.  Why I feel the need to write or post material just to post.  I clearly don’t post for family and friends as I rarely give updates about what is going on in my life.  But rather, make posts about what I am thinking or feel.  And I have had thoughts at times that I “need” to post because I haven’t in awhile.  I know that content is king as they say and that is what brings people to a blog.  But I’m not going to post, just to post anymore.  I am done with that pressure.

So here to posting when I want and what I want.