Les Jones

Blogging > Kim du Toit to Rant 80% Less

Kim du Toit announced that he's going to make the Daily Rant the Weekly Rant in order to finish his novel. He also anticipates fewer Gratuitous Gun Pics.

Blogging takes a lot of time. I remember reading InstaPundit for a while and thinking "this guy couldn't keep this up if he was married." Then I found out he was married and figured he couldn't do it if he had a ki- whoops - he's got one of those, too. Glenn is apparently a ball of energy, but even his energy and interest will wane at some point.

What happens when Glenn retires? Will it be like Michael Jordan retiring from basketball? Lots of bloggers read InstaPundit every day to get the big stories, yours truly included. With Glenn gone or on a reduced schedule, it makes it harder for everyone.

On the other hand, this is the freakin' Internet. There will always be someone new to step up to maintain the FAQs, post to the message boards, program the software, and write the prose. Life will go on. In du Toit's case, some other gun-lubbing bloggers will take up some of the slack and get more traffic as their reward.

Me? I'm enjoying it right now and it isn't cramping my life. Long-term I plan to focus my blogging efforts on e-commerce to drive consulting business my way in order to justify the time spent blogging.