tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052387.post2509207514535956288..comments2024-03-17T16:13:55.262-07:00Comments on Blobs in Games: Thinking about writingAmithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12159325271882018300noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052387.post-90697917751613989832018-02-16T10:48:29.505-08:002018-02-16T10:48:29.505-08:00I agree that long and detailed (and kept up-to-dat...I agree that long and detailed (and kept up-to-date) posts are really rare and valuable. Most of the traffic to technical blogs probably comes from Google and finding a very outdated or poorly researched article is always a bit disheartening. It's one of the reasons I keep coming back to this blog but I'm definitely not against more frequent and smaller scoped posts.Lauri Hosiohttp://ahtu.conoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052387.post-21833614759804232882018-02-10T03:41:59.539-08:002018-02-10T03:41:59.539-08:00Hey Amit,
great Idea, love your website and your ...Hey Amit,<br /><br />great Idea, love your website and your blog. Thank you for all the work you put into your articles.<br /><br />Greetings ChrisChrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052387.post-73871396689396934672018-01-05T13:46:25.619-08:002018-01-05T13:46:25.619-08:00@Amit I might do something similar this year as we...@Amit I might do something similar this year as well, maybe keeping track of changes and doing a roundup every few weeks/month of all the smaller updates. At the very least I want to start doing more smaller posts so I can lower the bar to publishing a bit :)<br /><br />Anyway thanks for sharing and keep it up, your early pathfinding articles were one of the things that really sparked my interest in algorithms and I ended up building this years later http://www.growingwiththeweb.com/projects/pathfinding-visualiser/ (which you link to in your A* implementation notes page).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602929086739488274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052387.post-82942887216428885662018-01-04T19:29:26.495-08:002018-01-04T19:29:26.495-08:00@NYCynik: happy new year! Thanks, I don't know...@NYCynik: happy new year! Thanks, I don't know that wikipedia is the best model I should be aiming for. But it seems that it matches how people actually use my site. Most readers are *not* coming through the blog or twitter. I do post major updates on my blog but most of the traffic is not from people coming to see what's new, but from people who want to learn something. It's a different type of audience that I should be paying attention to. Another friend suggested I think of it more like stack overflow — people are looking for answers to questions, and I should be answering them instead of trying to be an encyclopedia like wikipedia.<br /><br />@ryan: cool, great to hear it!<br /><br />@Daniel Imms: mine too are mostly article/reference style and not "blog" entries. Most of the readers are not coming in through rss or twitter. So maybe I can turn this on its head by using the rss/twitter feeds as an "early access" channel, sharing drafts and edits before I put them on my home page. Hmm.<br />Amithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12159325271882018300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052387.post-5206947569750743712018-01-04T14:16:13.773-08:002018-01-04T14:16:13.773-08:00I've been contemplating similar things with my...I've been contemplating similar things with my blog; the more I put out, the higher the bar I set for myself. I think I sort of brought this upon myself though as I never really did "blog" type posts and they all more reference article and textbook type writing.<br /><br />I also thought a bit about the publish minimal and update it to be more complete mentality but the major issue i see with that is that your most loyal readers listening on RSS or whatever may see only the "unfinished" article and miss out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602929086739488274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052387.post-58459258015023621112018-01-04T13:10:21.751-08:002018-01-04T13:10:21.751-08:00+1! i did a similar experiment, if less thoughtful...+1! i did a <a href="https://snarfed.org/2012-08-11_unwriting" rel="nofollow">similar</a> <a href="a%20href=" rel="nofollow">experiment</a>, if less thoughtful or data driven, myself a while back. thoroughly enjoyed it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052387.post-58006389540659716792018-01-04T12:42:13.310-08:002018-01-04T12:42:13.310-08:00First off, Happy 2018!
Secondly, good on you for ...First off, Happy 2018!<br /><br />Secondly, good on you for the meta-analysis of your own blog. <br /><br />I'm not sure I agree with the Wikipedia page philosophy. (NOTE: I'm not a notable blogger, so maybe your friend is much better at this.) I think some of your posts could be multiple posts, and that might help readers more. When you have an idea, like your circular pathfinding idea, there could be multiple posts. <br /><br />Many bloggers do this for the ad revenue, but I think it also would give you better analytics, and comments. People can focus better.<br /><br />Also as a subscriber, I'm not sure if I will get notified of post updates. I'm sure that would impact your traffic. I think you said however that most of your hits are from search engines or your tweets? Would you retweet the post that was updated? I'm thinking that is a good idea, even though it could mean the same tweet 5 times in 10 days. I think mostly that would be okay, based on what I have learned about Twitter. <br /><br /><br />NYCynikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05479145857512283188noreply@blogger.com