It's a firesale, everything must go!
I was doing my taxes earlier this month, which was majorly depressing, and I realized that I own a handful of domains and servers that are severely underused. I've also spent most of the month thinking about what to do with this hollowed shell of a blog, which is no longer nearly as fun or effective as it used to be. Let's talk about the former sentence first.
I currently have 2 domains listed on my portal page that I wish I could get rid of yesterday. The first is cssliquid.com. I used to be very fond of this site. It was the first site I built, besides the blog you are reading right now, when I started playing around with web design back in 2005. It's also the oldest domain name I own, since I sold "RDPdesign" a long time ago. It was really cool back then… I went through countless redesigns as I improved my skills, I fought long and hard to promote resolution-independent practices in design, and for a while, I really thought I was doing something useful. Now that I'm trying to build a for-serious business, however, I can't hold on to stuff that only collects dust. I should mention, also, that this site fetches a measly $5 in revenue per month, and that's American dollars, so even worse. BUT it has a really cool domain name, right? And it's OLD! And it has tons of inbound links too. So here's the deal: if you want it, I'll sell it to you. Name your price. I have a target price in my head, but I won't mention it. Just make an offer. You can have it all, or as much as you want: the domain, the code, the database, instructions on how to actually update the thing (it's rigid), all the files and screenshots I've amassed over the years, etc. I just want to make sure this thing falls in decent hands… actually, I just want some $ because I'm bootstrapping a startup and paying for a wedding in the middle of a recession.
On to the second site, feedmeplz.com. This was the first real "web app" I made right after I got out of college. I had a forrealz job back then, and while my much smarter friend/coworker was working on Facebook apps in his spare time, I built this bucket of garbage. I really didn't know what I was doing then. In this case, I won't peddle my dog food… I'm just selling the domain. It could be good for, I dunno, you think of it, you're the buyer.
Both of these sites/domains will go up on Sitepoint in a week if I don't get any bids. I just wanted to give real human beings a chance to buy them first.
Now on to topic #2. I've been blogging since 2005. It was really fun for the first couple years. It was a great way to put off my homework in college, and it was really nice knowing that people I've never met were reading my posts and hearing what I had to say. I even got some free stuff at one point (my little brother loves the Omni he inherited). But the most important part of it all was that I built a voice for myself, that I could use to announce projects and basically get instant promotion for any new thing I did.
Then I joined the real world. My work gradually consumed more and more of my life, and my involvement in a fledgling industry separated me from the niche that I had been so vocal about (web design, if you are having a hard time keeping up). Heck, I built Construct in late 2007 and I've changed very little since the start of 2008. Basically, I'm out of touch with the world I used to know so well. Except, it's worse than that now. See, this blogging thing isn't so exciting anymore. Apparently I have a decent amount of feed subscribers, but I don't get nearly as many comments as I used to. I can bet that my Tumblr gets more traffic & reach than this blog now. And, in some ways, it's a better platform for the kind of blogging I do now. I update my Tumblr almost every day. Every day!
But there's a reason why I'm telling you this. To be completely honest, I have no idea what to do at this point. I don't know if people like my Tumblr or my blog more. I just know that something needs to change, because I'm tried of having separate audiences. I'm also tired of Wordpress. Here's what I'm thinking, let me know if this sounds good:
- Set up old posts to still resolve to Wordpress, so Google can still find them. Maybe even figure out a better way to archive them.
- Somehow, someway, make my homepage really be my tumblelog, with this design, and a few widgets/sections to promote some other things I do.
- Take down these useless ads.
- Actually do this quickly, because I really have to devote the bulk of my time to the potential for having a profitable venture.
Has anyone even done this Wordpress/Tumblr changeover before? Would it be better to import my Tumblr posts to my Wordpress blog instead? If so, how would I do that? Anyway, I've reached the point in my post where I start asking a lot of questions, so I'm going to stop myself right there. Buy my junk, help me get back on the ladder. Thanks.
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