Infinite and Growing

Since I started my blog I've been looking at other peoples' blogs to see what they are doing. In the upper right corner I can click to see the "next blog." Since Tuesday I've probably looked at about a hundred blogs...

I feel a little overwhelmed by the size of the "blogosphere." There are so many options in terms of format, etc. Right now I'm using a template provided by www.blogger.com. After looking at several blogs I can now tell who uses these premade templates. (And I probably saw a dozen that use the same one I'm using.) After seeing it 3-4 times it begins to look boring. The problem is I don't know how to do it differently.

There is so much to learn. I want to learn how to put hyperlinks into my post. I want to learn how to have a list of links along the side. I want to learn how to categorize my posts so that readers can only look at the subjects that interest them. etc.

The other thing that overwhelms me is there are so many subjects on which I would like to blog. (One reason I dropped out of graduate school is I have many interests as well as a short attention span. I couldn't focus on one subject long enough--about a year and a half--to write a thesis on it.) To me the most interesting blogs are the one with a fairly narrow focus. If I write about all of the subjects I'm interested in I may lose readers. (Not that I have any to lose right now.)

One solution may be to have different blogs for different subject or interest.

Anyway, since my brain just stopped working I'm going to continue my thoughts on a future entry.