The Life and Times of Elliot Pike

This article from the New York Times about the contraction of the blogosphere caught my eye. It’s relevant because, well, how many times have I written that “wow, it’s been a year since I updated my blog!” entry.

Some really quick thoughts:

• Part of the reason for me is that life gets too busy to prioritize blogging. Thus the brevity of this entry.
• My life has “seasons” that span years where I go from being busy to having free-time, from having a new passion about a new topic to being listless, from wanting to enthusiastically share my life to wanting to lick my wounds in private. Some of these “seasons” lend to blogging than others. Part of my recent “quiet period” is being in a long-term relationship for the first time.
• One of my recent curiosities has been SEO optimization and web site development strategy, and this smells like opportunity. I just don’t know how much. It would be interesting to know how Google’s always-changing algorithms detect and adjust-for abandoned content.

I just read a great article at A List Apart called Managing Werewolves I just had to mention. I’m working the corporate job at a pretty decent company (top 100 best companies to work for, supposedly) and my one-year anniversary is 8 days away.

Something about myself: I jump from “drinking the kool-aid, enthusiastic team player” to “disillusioned, glum guy with a storm cloud over his head” too quickly. I admit it, it’s a failing, but something I’m working on. Anyway, the article is light and tongue-in-cheek, but it really has a point: office politics is real; it is a game; when played for what it is, one not only increases the chances of winning, but probably increases the chances of having fun. It’s a game, after all, isn’t it?