Asp.Net Blog Topics
The question: Is it unfair to post non-ASP.NET-related items on my weblogs.asp.net blog?
My initial reaction is one of reticence. This is because I wonder if people would be more bothered by off-topic posts in this venue. I imagine this concern is warranted because undoubtedly there will be those who are, and I have posted relatively few such posts since I've been blogging for this reason.
However, as I become more familiar with the blogging phenomenon, I find that I subscribe to individual blogs because I am interested in what the blogger has to say, not because he is hosted at weblogs.asp.net or any other host. In my mind, this indicates that anyone who subscribes to my blog, which, I imagine, is the primary reader base, is doing so because they want to (for whatever reason!) listen to what I have to say.
Given this consideration, I do not see any significant problem with posting non-ASP.NET-related posts on my blog. I recognize that there still may be some who are put off by this off-topic-ness, whether they read the posts from the weblogs home page or via my feed; however, I hope that the majority will not be and will in fact appreciate that we are each made up of much more than ASP.NET, that it is good to be reminded that this .NET stuff is not our whole raison d'être, and that it is good to take a break from work and laugh, think, yell and shout, and/or drink a cup of chai. I for one appreciate that, so I hope you will, too. And I hope you enjoy and maybe get something out of my mental meanderings.
As a gesture of my good will towards those not interested in my non-.NET scribing, I will preface all such posts in the future with a suitable disclaimer.
To all those who read this and my other posts, please accept my warmest thanks for sharing your time with me.