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Friday, June 10, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
It's time for change
I've struggled the past year to write anything on this blog. And while it may sound like a goofy reason, part of it has to do with the name ... The Dead Dog Blog. I just don't like it ... never really have been that wild about it. I know, I know ... you're thinking, "You're the one who named it!" Yeah, it was probably really late at night, too.
It made sense ... at first. But then it stopped making sense. I would come up with a topic to write about and then would talk myself out of it because it didn't sound like something that would be on a blog called The Dead Dog Blog.
Then I found through one of my random (albeit, self-serving) Google searches that there were other blog sites that had Dead Dog in the name. One is actually about a dead dog. Yuck. It made me think that perhaps I was losing a bunch of readers due to the confusion. Just think ... if just one of the followers of my blog went to the wrong site, I would lose one-third of my reader base. I can't take that kind of hit.
Of course, the trouble is trying to find a name/title that hasn't been used. There are more "Brian's Blog" than you can swing a dead cat at (my apologies to all of my cat-loving followers ... it's just a saying ... dang, I've now alienated a third of my reader base again). Jack Handey already has the "Deep Thoughts" franchise sewn up (hey ... if Johnny Depp had a blog would it be called "Depp Thoughts"? ... that was random ... that's how my mind works).
ANYWAY ... where was I? ... oh yeah ... new name. I don't want to end up like Dillon Edwards Investments when it comes to naming (look it up ... unless you blush easily ... then don't) so I've done my due diligence on Google and have finally settled on a new title for my blog.
I like new starts. I always like the beginning of the year, the start of football season, the launch of a new business, the excitement of a new car (even if it's just new-to-me), or a new bike route ... heck, I even like babies, puppies, and kittens. They all represent life to me. And that's what IT is all about ... finding new life.
So that's what I'm doing. I'm saying goodbye to the Dead Dog Blog and finding new life in my new blog ...
Until then ...
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It made sense ... at first. But then it stopped making sense. I would come up with a topic to write about and then would talk myself out of it because it didn't sound like something that would be on a blog called The Dead Dog Blog.
Then I found through one of my random (albeit, self-serving) Google searches that there were other blog sites that had Dead Dog in the name. One is actually about a dead dog. Yuck. It made me think that perhaps I was losing a bunch of readers due to the confusion. Just think ... if just one of the followers of my blog went to the wrong site, I would lose one-third of my reader base. I can't take that kind of hit.
Of course, the trouble is trying to find a name/title that hasn't been used. There are more "Brian's Blog" than you can swing a dead cat at (my apologies to all of my cat-loving followers ... it's just a saying ... dang, I've now alienated a third of my reader base again). Jack Handey already has the "Deep Thoughts" franchise sewn up (hey ... if Johnny Depp had a blog would it be called "Depp Thoughts"? ... that was random ... that's how my mind works).
ANYWAY ... where was I? ... oh yeah ... new name. I don't want to end up like Dillon Edwards Investments when it comes to naming (look it up ... unless you blush easily ... then don't) so I've done my due diligence on Google and have finally settled on a new title for my blog.
I like new starts. I always like the beginning of the year, the start of football season, the launch of a new business, the excitement of a new car (even if it's just new-to-me), or a new bike route ... heck, I even like babies, puppies, and kittens. They all represent life to me. And that's what IT is all about ... finding new life.
So that's what I'm doing. I'm saying goodbye to the Dead Dog Blog and finding new life in my new blog ...
Until then ...
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