One of the reasons I write here is to learn. Many of the subjects I write about here are unfamiliar to me, and I use the process of writing about them to learn. This usually means that I will need to familiarize myself with a bunch of material, or spend a lot of time thinking about something and figuring out what it means and how to write about it. This usually takes a lot of time and effort, and I prefer to have a few uninterrupted hours to compose something like that. This is why I post on Sundays, because I have the time then. I honestly don't know how other bloggers do it, especially the really popular ones who still manage to have a large output of original material. As I mentioned above, I tend to view blogging as an exercise in thinking, a way to learn, and a way to have fun.Naturally, this isn't the only reason I write here - having readers is an integral part of blogging, and the past year has been good to me, thanks to links from generous bloggers (who happen to populate my blogroll). My readership is still relatively small, but growing, which is good.
In any case, I noticed that I posted 12 times in December 2006. This is paltry in comparison to most successful blogs, but it's the most I've posted in a single month since August of 2001, and I think I'm due (perhaps long over-due) for an expansion of the weekly posting schedule. So I'll be posting at least twice a week, once on Sunday and once on Wednesday. I'm sure you're all entralled by this announcement. This actually isn't all that different than what has been happening naturally, but I've found that making this sort of thing formal is important. Hence this post.
Alex
Personally I prefer the "promise nothing, disappoint no one" approach. Setting a deadline for myself is almost a guarantee that I'll ignore it.
Mark
LOL, indeed. I used to do that all the time with movie reviews. I'd promise to review a movie and say it's coming soon... and then never do it. But a blog is open ended enough that I don't think I'll have trouble keeping up. Plus, I've had success with the posting schedule thing. I think the concept of a schedule is perhaps a little unusual for bloggers, but I've always thought the consistency helped offset the low frequency. After all, dissapointing no one is easy when no one is reading:P Different strokes for different folks, I guess:P