This post was inspired by James McGovern @ Duckdown. He has requested constructive criticism.
Though I rarely view the site without use of my trusted RSS Aggregator Bloglines, I can easily provide the following feedback.
Here are my 5 pet peeves
- Overuse of images
- Choice of Blogger Publishing Engine
- Hotlinking of Images
- Infrequent replies to post
Here are my 3 Praises
- Great Insight to SOA
- Humor
- Technical conversation on Enterprise Architecture
Lastly, I do find the content to be thought provoking. It is great to see that he is passionate about his industry and is very interested in meshing Open Source into Enterprise Architecture.
Thanks for the feedback. I will attempt to do a better job of following up on comments. The interesting images have in a way become part of my own personal brand, I wonder if I could get over feeling naked without them?
Would be curious to know why you don't like blogger? I have been using it for awhile now and find it satisfactory.
I wouldn't totally abandon the images, just make them smaller. At the end of the day, you really want your well orchestrated message to resonate with the community, not images that you do not own.
Regarding Blogger/Blogspot.. I never cared much for its 3rd party handling of comments and trackbacks. There are so many splogs which originate from Blogspot, that it is difficult to differentiate between _real_ trackbacks and bogus ones. I typically regect all which originate from blogspot.com. Lastly, it does seem that the a common progression in the blogosphere is: blogger -> MT -> WP.
Started w/Blogger, but quickly left after roughly thirty entries. I wanted more control over the pubishing engine, and did not want a hosted solution. I've been pretty happy w/MT and it's what I know.