Readership Leak and Blog Sluttiness

I've just recently moved over from LiveJournal. I was debating between setting up my own blog site (I do have my own domains and hosting account after all), typepad and blogger. Laziness won out in the end.

I've been doing quite a bit of experimenting with the widgets and various features since Blogger has more latitude in blog layout than Livejournal. I'll probably do a feature comparison between Blogger and Livejournal at some point once I've muddled my way through Blogger for a bit.

Anyway, it's a little depressing. I think I'll gradually lose some of my old blog readers because my new posts won't turn up in their Friends page any more. Yes, I'm a blog slut and I'm hungry for comments.

Job Hunting

I'm hunting for a job right now. Meanwhile, I'm in the process of rewriting my resume and cover letter. I had my father proofread the cover letter for me. Some parts he added were a bit more obsequious than I would have liked.

I came across Blogging To a Job while searching for something not quite related. It's really hard to open up online, especially since I never know who is going to read my blog. I might have a professional blog some day where I blog about impersonal, "safe" topics. Perhaps once I've selected a focus area to blog on. My interests are really quite diverse and if I'm blogging about work, I have to be extra careful...

A Blog Blog Here, A Blog Blog There

Professional Weblogging and online networking seems to be all the rage now. I wonder how effective that really is. I am in the process of setting up other blogs to experiment. I'm considering whether to put up a full executive blog like the GM of RaboPlus or Blue Sky Resumes or a secret professional one like Going Private.

The upside to the former is that people can find me more easily and put together nicely, is a good form of public relations or personal branding (the latest fad) if you will. The downside, of course, is that everything put there must be well considered. With the latter, I can write everything pertaining to The Industry with some degree of anonymity (one hopes) given sufficient effort to obfuscate details. It is easier to write more candidly because there is no public face attached to it. It is useful when it comes to sprucing up the resume. Louise Fletcher does have a good point about keeping track of your work. Having a portfolio is one thing. Being able to remember details of your work history is another. The journey is as important as the destination because there are bound to be lessons to be remembered along the way. It's hard to recall what one has eaten for breakfast, let alone what one did last week.

This is my venting ground, so don't expect me to tell you here what I do or don't do for a living. For all intent and purposes, I am a jobless hobo.

** I'm not affliated with or related in any way with these people.