Re: The grumpy old dba blog

From: joel garry <joel-garry_at_home.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 15:28:01 -0700 (PDT)
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On Oct 3, 12:40 pm, John Hurley <hurleyjo..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey why not?
>
> It seems like the days of Oracle blogging have kind of come and gone.
> So many of the top Oracle bloggers seem to have lost interest or just
> do not have the time anymore to get around to it.
>
> Even the Oracle WTF seems to have gone off channel.
>
> So anyhow I am starting one up ... I intend to get out a couple of
> posts a week even if they are short.  We are about to implement TDE so
> probably many of the postings may concern that subject for a while ...
> then probably an 11.2 migration.
>
> http://grumpyolddba.blogspot.com/
>
> I am not sure how exactly one gets a new Oracle blog kicked off or
> thrown around the blogsphere so any hints/tips about that area are
> appreciated!

I think twitter has ruined it for everybody. At least a few people (ie those who Charles cited, not to mention Charles) still post longform  articles. There are surely people whom I wish still posted. I still think the problem is, you have to be internally motivated, rather than motivated by click counts or whatever, because it is a hierarchical medium - most people lurk, feedback from replies is an unreliable measure, most things that are useful technically aren't necessarily topical.

Some people advocate posting something - anything - every day, to
build up a following as well as a habit.  I'd add the obvious, if it's
a technical blog, make it relevant.  Add a bit of splash, too, for

example see the old http://headrush.typepad.com/ (except for the sad ending, of course), theappslab.com has a pretty interesting approach, as does oraclenerd.com (though I wonder about the wisdom of posting that much personal info). There are a lot of self-proclaimed social media mavens giving advice these days, most of it seems BS to me for this use-case.

A few well-timed tweets into relevant twitter feeds might get the curious interested, at the risk of accusations of twitter-whoring.

As far as the blog feeds, you might just ask the owners to be included. They're fans of Oracle too.

A thoughtful response in your own blog to something in a well-read blog can get people's attention with the pingback (which I speculate is a big reason so many went to wordpress). http://logofarchiver.blogspot.com/2009/04/sending-pingback-with-blogger.html

Good luck!

jg

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