I checked out the freebsdgirl.com stats, today. I was expecting to see a large fall in the number of visitors. My posts previous to switching to the blogger format had been sporadic and somewhat lacking of content. Imagine my surprise to see that most of my readers were still here - and brought new readers with them! Oddly enough, I've got some hosts in my 'top hitters' that made me giggle - like a well known pornographic magazine, and a fairly well known security/software company (I'm not referring to ISS, although they are still one of my main hitters as well). Yes, I was a little tickled at that.
I know the recent posts are a bit different from what you're used to seeing from me. I'm trying to have some fun with the blog. I love writing, although I still consider myself only mediocre at it. Someday, I might want to write a book. Having a blog is like aerobics for my writing muscles. I've been considering also writing more about the technical work I'm doing, instead of keeping it strictly in a novel-like format. I'd love to hear as many opinions as I can on what you think of the change, or even just your opinion on my writing in general. Criticism is always welcome, just keep it mature.
Due to the content of some of the posts, I do have to have somewhat of a disclaimer, as you can see at the right of the page. I won't draw the line between fact or fiction. I have to state this more to protect the people I write about in my posts more than I do for myself. I'm lucky enough to be in a position now to where my blog wouldn't affect my job. It's a problem a lot of people have been having lately, from Google to Friendster to even Delta employees. It's a valid concern for corporations to have. I have even been reprimanded for my blog when I worked at Interland, although I wasn't fired for it.
I started neutering my posts more and more, very mindful of the fact that my boyfriend still worked for ISS, and they tend to keep tabs of my blog. The reason for the change? It stopped being fun. Well, that, and he put in his two weeks notice last week. He'll be going to work for another company soon. I don't know much about them yet, but you can be certain I'll keep an eye out for them in my access logs. :)
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