View from a Farley The Current Events and Opinion Weblog of Chris Farley

Changes and Updates at View from a Farley

Times are changing for the world and so too they must change for View from a Farley.

I initially conceived View from a Farley as a weblog and podcast. I come from a background of video podcasting, so I felt that I should do what I know. Without the financial backing to do a video podcast properly (I wanted good equipment or no equipment), I went to audio podcasting. I even invested in an excellent theme by Geoff Smith, but the audio part of View from a Farley never took root. For one reason or another, writing has come more easily to me than podcasting. So today, the View from a Farley podcast is officially dead. (However, since I am all-powerful on my own website, I can ressurect it if I ever feel motivated to do so.)

View from a Farley will now exclusively be a weblog. The purpose is not changing, but some other things will.

The number one rule of successful blogging, according to several accounts, is to write every day. Especially at the beginning, it seems, not showing up is the worst thing you can do. Most bloggers manage it well, but I’m not content to throw up a YouTube embed with a couple words. The nature of View from a Farley is that it requires much more time than a typical personal blog. If only this could be my full time job! Unfortunately, my other commitments are pressing and showing up everyday is just not going to happen. You will instead be hearing from me most days and you can always be bothered by me on Twitter!

Several people noticed and commented on the new theme. By no fault of the designer, Matthew Heidenreich, and coder, Adam Kiss, the theme is not what I wanted. Of couse I approved the design every step of the way, but I don’t like it in action. It’s a shame not to use this theme, though, so it will be around for a while. If there are any changes that could be pulled off with relative ease, I would be happy to hear about them.

Regarding plans for the future, I’ve been asked if I plan on monetizing through advertising at any point. To answer, I’ve considered it, but AdSense hates me and it’s difficult to get a traditional sponsorship. If any opportunity ever arises, I would consider advertising, but I’m not planning on living off View from a Farley. I’d hope to cover my operating costs and other things to help the site (new theme, etc.)

I also wanted to communicate how much I appreciate your comments. View from a Farley was intended to be my thoughts and initially I didn’t care if people listened to what I was saying or not. Today, I care very much. I want people to listen, I want more people to read, but what I like best are the comments. I love it when a conversation develops in the comments (so feel free to hit reply in the comments instead of just writing a new comment). Intense Debate provides excellent tools for actually having an intense debate, so I hope people use them.

Thank you to everyone for reading! Expect me to be back with a real post in the next few days.