Comments on: Keeping a Blog Diary to Analyze Your Blogging Routine

By: Qaisera

Qaisera — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:25:45 +0000

This post is fantastic. Wow…thank´s.

By: Fozia

Fozia — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:44:00 +0000

Thank for sharing good and useful information. This information is very valuable.

By: San Diego Personal Training

San Diego Personal Training — Sun, 25 May 2008 19:47:15 +0000

This is a great idea!

By: Bud

Bud — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:32:40 +0000

A blog diary is a great idea. And then at the end of the month compile the data to generate the meaningful statistics, like “What time of the day was the best to write posts?”, etc. Then we could make changes in our processes and check it again after another month. I think perhaps a week is too short; a month might average out the data better.
Gather data; manage the data; gather data;… A journey it is.

By: finkle

finkle — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:22:07 +0000

I work in the medical field, and recording everything you do is a necessity. A medical record is really a journal of your patient’s care. If you do something write it down, regardless of how insignificant it may seem to be. It allows you to check trends, make adjustments, and anticipate your next move. It can seem tedious, but it makes you more proficient at your job, and more efficient at performing tasks.
To think I never thought to apply the concept to blogging or pretty much any other aspect of my life…

By: Larry Hendrick

Larry Hendrick — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:49:38 +0000

I’ve never attempted to log every blog post, but see the value of the process. I do try to mind map ideas about future posts, but maybe a change is in order.

This is probably one of those exercises that would pay off huge in the long run. When you can tie times with content and comments into a cohesive package, improvements are inevitable.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:53:58 +0000

Keeping a diary of your week (all aspects – diet, exercise, blogging habits, how your time is spent, etc) is a good thing to do for even the most productive people. Its amazing what you find out about yourself.

I found a few extra hours a day I can devote to things that hadn’t been getting done, just by keeping a diary for three straight days.

By: yojibee

yojibee — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:15:55 +0000

i log everything else in my life (sports, food, to do), don’t know why i never thought of keeping a blog diary ..
i will definitely try it out — maybe i can finally get some overview of what i write when and do more follow-up stories.
as it is today i tend to forget what i wrote about a couple of weeks ago, and therefore end up getting many single stories.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:37:50 +0000

I do that. I have one book where i write what i have to do and what i do.

By: Ruchir

Ruchir — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:32:42 +0000

Yeah, I agree. Having a blog diary can be very beneficial. By keeping a log of all the activities, one can become more productive and focussed. I haven’t really tried it fully but I did kind of try it once. And the effects were pretty good. It’s great to see how to tie up daily life things to blogging…

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:33:50 +0000

Keeping a blog diary is a great idea.

In fact, a few weeks ago, I wrote a post about keeping a music diary (my blog is for songwriters and musicians) at http://quaxle.com/2007/11/26/keep-a-general-music-log/. This is the same principle as a blogging diary, I’m a great advocate of it; since keeping diaries, the level and quality of my music making and my writing activities have greatly improved.

I’m thinking that it might be time for me to also keep a diary of what I eat, as you describe in your post, as my fitness has been going downhill since hitting the wrong side of 30…

By: Jen / domestika

Jen / domestika — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:51:05 +0000

Oh yeah, I’m with Rob Lewis (above) on this — I want someone to come up with a WordPress plugin that will keep a blog diary for me…
And then I’d really like another plugin to read it out loud to me while I’m feed-reading, and give timely reminders of relevant points while I write my posts…
Oh, and a domestic robot to keep my tea cup filled up, please…
And a pony.

By: john - from fat to fit

john - from fat to fit — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:36:45 +0000

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By: Rajhesh Panchanadhan

Rajhesh Panchanadhan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:22:53 +0000

This is a good and welcome tip and timely; especially when we are all gearing up for the new year and some of our new year’s new habits include regular and frequent blogging. Thanks.

By: Darshana

Darshana — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:30:06 +0000

Good idea as always Darren, but for me keeping a diary of any sort has been a chore in the past. I start with lot of enthusiasm but quickly forget to keep it up. I guess it needs discipline.

Hey, we can all make it a New Year Resolution!!!

By: Melvin

Melvin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:05:55 +0000

This one is inspiring as well as informative…

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:53:19 +0000

I have been printing my own calendar pages for my blog notebook (an idea from one of your guest posters) which has helped see the bigger picture of what I did, am doing and think I’m going to do. I think for the upcoming year I need to add journal pages linked to the calendar pages. Thanks for the reminder.

By: Technology Slice

Technology Slice — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:14:41 +0000

You’ll feel better after you’ve been to the gym a few months and your body adapts.

By: Thomas Sinfield

Thomas Sinfield — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:52:17 +0000

that is a great idea my mum asked me yesterday what I wanted for Christmas. I am going to tell her I want a diary!

By: JoLynn Braley

JoLynn Braley — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:49:46 +0000

I did this (kept track of everything I did re: blogging) when I first started my blog and then stopped for a while….I started up with it again 8 weeks ago. I had to keep track of all comments I was leaving, changes I was making to my blog, traffic, etc. as part of an independent study I was doing to complete my undergrad degree. I was fortunate that I could use my blog for this study.

I’ve learned that it helps me tremendously to keep that blog journal because it gives me a sense of accomplishment. I’m also very familiar with food and exercise journaling since I started getting on the healthy track a few years ago. I’ve since gotten a bit off track but am getting my food journal back out again….so, I’ll be doing a lot of journaling on both blogging and weight loss/fitness but again, it’s very helpful…you can look back and see where you’ve been and the progress that you’ve made.