The post ideas about communication are right up my alley. Though, I will say, since I took a CIO position, I find myself working more with machines and doing a lot less talking. :) but, I think I can draw on past experience. 

You might want to start with my series on the subject: here

And the recommendation about aa vacation…. that’s what I am doing right now with the family. if you’re interested, you can follow some of our adventures at Disney on Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/brad_Isaac. I’ve been posting pictures and an occasional silly comment. All in fun.

But you are so right.  Getting away has inspired alot of ideas. Walt Disney himself took a vacation when he was on the verge of a self-described breakdown and came back with new ideas for his films.  
  

If you are not sure, just right about anything that come to your mind (twitter it and then follow-up) and maybe the character of your blog changes, but so what? Why does it always have to be the way it has started? Branch out into random topics – life, people, technology, your daily observations, future, your biography and tips from it.

Try out new things and maybe you will find a new path of writing. One which is better or just different and equally useful.

I personally want to get into writing. It gives me pleasure. But it was always put off. It would be great if you write about how you started writing, tips to continue writing, tips to improve your language skills. Things that would guide us with ideas/practical tips to become a writer like you.

Just have fun!

I’m actually glad you’re writing less. There’s so much info out there, so many e-mails, blogs, RSS feeds, etc., how can someone keep up with it all? So if favourite writers are writing less, it’s actually good.

You’re in good company, as even famous (and pioneering?) bloggers like Joel Spolsky don’t write nearly as much.

Even on a micro scale, after the early fun of Facebook, guess what? Hardly any of my FB friends are updating their status ten times a day.

So some things can start with a bang and naturally they will wane. So what I want to say is, I don’t view the fact that you post less to your blog as a negative or unexpected thing.

Thanks for all the tips and I’ll be happy to keep up with you, even when there are fewer posts.

David

1. It’s an oasis of positivity in an online world of cynicism.

2. I’m a college instructor, and use your site as an example for my students: setting goals and aiming to achieve something instead of waiting for it to come to you.

As a writer by trade, I know the feeling that you’re talking about. Every writer has to overcome it; one way is to experience new things: taking a class or a vacation, eating at a new restaurant, attending a concert, etc, until you experience something so awesome that you can’t wait to write again.

Also: publicize your site by any and all means necessary. The bigger the audience, the more exciting it is to write. Based on the comments here alone, you’ve already got a dedicated audience.

Good luck.

I used to write for a blog called StreetAdvisor.com back in ‘99 and my articles (personal finance, benefits, mutual funds, etc) are still on their new site IdeaAdvisor.com. I used to submit an article every week and ran into the same thing as you. All I can say is that if you write what you are passionate about, maybe someone will read your post. I like the previous comment in that things that make people think are good to write about. If you can find topics where half of the readers think you are nuts and the other half couln’t agree more with you, then you have a good article to write about.

With so many new blog and social web sites, it is if the writing world is getting diluted similar to baseball when they expanded the number of teams and pitching got a little weaker (which caused more offensive numbers by the best players).

It’s getting more difficult these days to write the articles but it is getting much easier to sit on the sidelines and comment like I am now doing. Stay at it, especially if you are passionate about writing.