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Clash of categories
So, dear readers (and I’m looking especially at your, RSS subscribers), I have a question for you.
I have begun (and will happily continue) violating one of the cardinal rules of blogging: keep your blog to a single topic. As I figure it, there are at least five different things I post about on this website:
- Computers and Technology
- Free/dom Software
- The Church
- Politics
- My Family
Often times these categories overlap. For instance:
- Computers + The Church = Use of Technology in Ministry.
- Freedom Software + The Church = Use of Freedom Software in the Church.
- The Church + Politics = Denominational Politics in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
- Politics + My Family = Why My Parents Were Silly For Voting For Barack Obama. (I haven’t actually written anything about this yet, but let me tell you…!)
So my question for you, dear readers, is this: what have you come here to see? Are you here for one or two of those particular categories, or are you looking for that particular blend of craftiness that is (ontologically speaking) Ted Carnahan? If you just want a category or two (e.g. Politics), do you care that other stuff (e.g. Sermons) is in the same feed, or would you actually switch to a category feed? Is this all so-much-naval-gazing, or does anyone actually care?
I’m serious – let me know what you think in the comments.
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I come to learn at the feet of the master. I would feel diminished if I could not have the benefit of all that you have to give. I want it all, to the devil with single topic blogs.
I subscribe for all of the above!
But yeah, your answer is as good as mine. This is something I wrestle with too.
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