Feedback Please

So, I have probably twenty or more posts in different states of completion on different topics. While this blog is in part for myself, it's also for others. That's why I'm asking my readers to tell me what they think. If you have topics you'd like to see posts dealing with, you should just ask. I've made a post or two in response to comments that were just asking simple questions. If asked for a post on a topic, it's very likely I'll post about that topic within the week.

The other thing is I'm curious about who is reading this blog. I know a few of my readers, and that's it. With 30 - 35 people following this blog and 20 people following me on Twitter, I'm curious about the audience I've attracted. Who are you, and why do you find me so interesting?

I'm serious. While I may be fairly introverted, I do like to socialize. Knowing that people find my writing interesting is a motivating factor for me. Getting mentioned on OLDaily got me stoked. It's become a goal of mine to create posts that get mentioned in Stephen Downes' newsletter.

Better than just talking, I love intelligent discussions. When introduced to new topics I'll do hours of research on the topic just to learn more about it. Have an interesting design challenge, question or just like to discuss as much as I do? Be great to hear from you.

In my post Keeping People Involved I covered a few points. In conflict resolution I said to ask before you explode and to be nice to everybody. Well, I'm asking for your feedback on this blog and have tried to be nice to everybody I've come across. In things to do I said to sweat the small stuff, not the big stuff. This blog was created in the hopes of sharing my thoughts and showing that I know something on the topics I claim to know about. That's the big picture stuff, not the small scale stuff that leads to those grand goals. My readers and the responses to my efforts are the small matters that are vitally important to achieving the big goals. The show and tell points cover the fact that I share these thoughts on a blog that is not likely to have much down time and doesn't require any subscriptions or registration to gain access.

Suggestions, questions, critiques and any other form of feedback would be nice. Sharing is something I work at for ideas like I blog about. With about fifty people who are following me in some way, I'd like to hear back from those I haven't heard from before.

If I'm the only voice here, this quickly becomes a lonely and boring task for me. I'm not a journal writer or a research paper writer. Poems and fiction are what I like to write and draw. Of those, only a few do I really put effort into recording on paper. Fewer yet do I share publicly. That's why I'd like to hear from those who have decided to follow me. I like the idea of socializing and discussing what comes up in the posts, or seems relevant to this blog. So, like I said, "Who are you, and why do you find me so interesting?"

Have fun, spread the word and tell me what you think,
Igen Oukan

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