ColinAke.com…until I write a book.

Many of you know I started BravesBlast just over a year ago with Jonathan Torrell after talking about starting a Braves blog for some time.  I registered the domain name in July and we finally started blogging just over a year ago before the Braves were eliminated from the 2007 playoffs.

In the year since we’ve had ups and downs - the downs being mostly in the last few months. Either from exhaustion, boredom, or displeasure avoidance, we stopped blogging for the most part when it became evident that the Braves really actually sucked.  Before that, we were averaging 200-300 uniques a day, over twice that many page views, and tons of traffic.  That was, of course, prefaced by a long off-season during which I wrote posts as often as I could - a couple times a week.

But where to go from here? I’ve started writing over there again… mostly offseason stuff - what should we do, who goes where, who should we sign, not sign, etc.  Another blogger has approached us about buying it, but I’m not sure that’s still on the table.  We could write tons, build a bigger team, and try to become THE Braves blog, or we could accept that we’ve had some fun with it and pass it on to bloggers who will continue the BravesBlast legacy.

I’m leaning towards writing more… mostly because I really do enjoy writing and I really do think that by building a bigger team I won’t have to blog once a day, every day this year.  I do know I won’t be getting season tickets again - that was $250 down the drain because I didn’t go nearly enough to justify the purchase of season tickets.  If we go full-tilt, watch out for some ridiculous content.  It could be pretty ballin’.

Colin

Hey Fellas -

I’ve implemented a new widget on the right-hand side of the blog recently - it’s called Skribit and it’s a content suggestion system that YOU get to control.  Want to see more reviews of web 2.0 applications?  Vote for it. Want to see me write about open source in the military? Vote for it.  Want to see me write about monkeys in the amazon rainforest that use Twitter?  Suggest it.  Skribit is a great tool for you to use to let me know what you want.

Skribit is the brainchild of Georgia Tech student and popular blogger Paul Stamatiou.  Paul introduced the Skribit idea at Atlanta Startup Weekend last year and the application was built.  He works with a couple other programmers and gets frequent advice from people over at Georgia Tech’s ATDC.

Give me some suggestions - they don’t have to be groundbreaking but they may make me blog more.

Take care, and good luck getting gas if you’re in Atlanta.

Colin

One of the biggest advantages of owning an iPhone as a blogger is the ability to blog from anywhere. I downloaded a WordPress app to the phone, entered my contact info and admin info, and I’m off to the races.

I plan on using this in two weeks when we are isolated in the North Carolina mountains outside Asheville, NC. No Internet? No problem. I’ve got myself a mobile blogging platform in the gorgeous little iPhone. And you better believe I’ll be taking my camera. I am going to try and write a lot of content for a new photography oriented blog as well as take some pics and maybe some video while we’re up there.

Be on the lookout for some sweet pics soon. More on the photography oriented blog soon.

Take care. I need to run.

Colin

Posted from my iPhone. In the bathroom. How’s that for mobile blogging?