Two Weeks is Up

Didn’t enjoy it. I liked it when you had quality, clearly well-thought philosophical posts and/or stories. The past week was just you posting lots of “articles” similar to what internet marketers do. I was surprised not to see any affiliate links.

Ironic that the above commenter has a link to an Internet marketing blog he writes.

I enjoyed it – I think it’s forcing you outside your comfort zone and causing you to create content you wouldn’t otherwise create. The hard part about your daily posts is getting over “the dip” in both your routine and your readership.

In a month or two you should see an improvement in your writing, your writing routine, your motivation to write and your readership.

Keep it up!

1. Loved the frequency of posting – what you have to say is unique enough that it’s interesting and engaging on a daily basis.
2. Quality and length dropped a bit, but only on the posts where you were less motivated or passionate about what you were writing on.
3. Feld Thoughts is a great example of a blog that is all about posting every day for the fun of it and to share great ideas/things without needing to make money from it. I think you’ve got a great similar vibe going, keep it up!

Another thing, don’t worry about the length of posts too much. If you only have a one quality paragraph to post a lot of your readers may still appreciate that. I really think blog readers appreciate some activity above no activity.

Ignore the fact that not every post was great. There were AT LEAST twice as many interesting, VALUABLE posts than previously in terms of frequency. It requires a real commitment of time and effort on your part, but if this blog/readership/your writing skill set is something you care about, posting every day or at least a commitment to several times a week is well worth it. Value was added to my life by this two-week experiment. Thank you.

I definitely liked this better. Even if some of them were lower quality, I’d rather have a lower average quality because there were 13 other posts in a two-week period than get one extremely high quality post once every two weeks. And I still think you had some high quality posts in that period anyways.

“It’s a difficult habit to develop, but an even harder one to break…The hard part, as you can guess, is the first 2,500 posts.”

Guess who.
http://tiny.cc/2TTq8

I read all your posts and think you’ve got a fantastic site, but I prefer quality over daily posts. I think 3-4 posts per week. would be fantastic, given they are all high quality.

While it was great to have something new each day I honestly think your better off cutting it back to once every 4 to 7 days.
It’s about the right mix of quality with enough quantity.
It allows you to take a few days off to focus on projects and live life.
Either way I’ll still be reading.

Hey Tynan, I agree with most of the people above. I thought the daily posts were great. There was some fluff but not much. My friends and I read your stuff on google reader and as you probably know you can share articles with your friends on there. In the last 2 weeks one of us has shared your daily post 3-4 times, which is much more frequent (in terms or time, not # posts) than before your experiment.

People are creatures of habit, and I love having 1 post per day to read from you. Another idea would be to link to an article and offer a short editorial on it. I always appreciate people sending me interesting things I wouldn’t have otherwise read.

I loved the daily posts and I hope that you keep it up. I follow two other guys that post every day, Derek Sivers and Seth Godin (both on recommendations from this blog).

There were times when I could feel that your heart wasn’t in the post, and anytime you don’t give yourself completely to something, it won’t be as compelling.

Having gotten to “know” you over the last year, I am sure that you are working on something interesting in the background. Why not bring us into that world? YOu don’t have to be specific but get into your mindset and thoughts about what is currently driving you, where your passion is.

Allright man, love what you do

I thought they were all high quality and enjoyed them.

That being said, you shouldn’t feel obligated…blogging should be fun and not a chore, and nobody here is paying you for your hard work, so it would be selfish of us to say “yes please post every day”.

I think you’ll strike the right balance.

I’ve found that using a desktop blogging program like Ecto has lowered the mental hurdle for me to make a post. Part of why I would avoid it subconsciously was the sluggish nature of dealing with a web based editor (wordpress).

You can always send people to twitter as a compromise.

I have massively enjoyed seeing a Tynan post in my RSS feed every day. Keep at it.

I read every post every day as part of my daily read (in my feed reader) and they were enjoyable. However, I did think that some of the pieces were simply fluff and I can honestly say that nothing really left an impression, or not enough that I can recall any particular post over the last two weeks.

The posts that I do remember are the ones that you have done a lot of research, are well thought out and/or involve some amazing adventure. For example, your penguin pool post, your cave exploring post and even your gear list from Life Nomadic (which I reference often) are cemented into my brain as quality pieces of work.

I much prefer having high quality posts even if that means sacrificing the daily fluff posts.

After all, there’s that saying, “kill your darlings.”

I agree with many of the other commenters – quality over quantity.

High quality posts are the best Tynan! And you know it ! :)

Glad to see you pulled through in writing for the past 2 weeks for every single day. You did it!

A would be happy with a couple of posts a week.
Keep up the good work :-)

I read every post, and enjoyed them all. I appreciated knowing that you would have a post up everyday. If everyday is too much, then every other day would be good too. I really do think you should try to have a consistent schedule, even though that seems like it might limit the creative process.

Hey guys,

Thank you all very much for the feedback. I was expecting everyone to suggest that I continue with it, so your replies were a surprise.

I won’t be continuing to post every day, but I will be writing every day (working on drafts), to maintain consistency and make sure I keep improving.

Tynan

my opinion on the matter is definitely keep up the scheduled writing, i really like the consistency, you should write 3 or so entries a week but try writing every day, build on something you think is a good story, or start up new ones. keep up the daily writing and just post the stuff that is really worth it. that way youre improving your writing, were getting consistent updates and everyone is happy as a clam!
ps going to japan in august, just bought my tickets. thanks for motivating me to actually do it!

I prefer quality over quantity..It’s quite hard for me to keep track with your writing everyday…
I rarely read your articles since you posted everyday for the past few weeks..
I think a new posting in 3 days is good !