a little blogging ecosystem

Wow...I can't believe that my experiment in blogging is coming to an end. Over the past 9 weeks, I have found starting and maintaining a blog to be like nurturing a fragile ecosystem. With an infinite number of interdependent parts, losing focus or paying too much attention to any one aspect of the blog jeopardized its growth. While best practices emerged, there was no singular formula for success or set of directions to follow. Instead the challenges of content, user experience and objective-integration, lead to a broadened perspective on the life of a blog. Perhaps the greatest lesson I learned was the need to develop/find a voice that is authentic and consistent. Without authenticity readers won't respond and without consistency the blog cannot transcend itself.