Hello, First, I would like to say thank you for the Japan-related articles/stories you have shared with the rest of us. :)    Second, I think that splitting the site into different sections is a good idea, but that's really more of a benefit for us than you I think.  So, in that regards I suggest that you only do it if you have the time and energy, but definitely dont force yourself.  :) Take care, posted by EricJune 8, 2005 at 8:34 [ e ]

not worth the effort I don't see that splitting up one blog into many gains you anything at all.  If you post something I don't care about, I don't read it, no drama. I've certainly never compartmentalized the articles in my blog....  One week will be ten articles talking about the components I'm using to build my new pc, another week writing complaints about a local restaurant, and the next week pictures of my new son.  Next week, who knows.   At the end of the day, the blog reflects what is interesting to me, and it doesn't follow a standard format.  If you want, employ categorization more.  But I don't see how it benefits anyone. posted by MichaelSlaterJune 8, 2005 at 9:38 [ e ]

please no split I think the diversified contents in your site have something compeling in its entirety (yes I appreciate everything you write including c++ programming techniques) so I hope you continue in this format or with a minor redesign in which we can still catch hold of what's up in where. posted by anonymanJune 8, 2005 at 10:11 [ e ]

Enoshima and Serialization, two of my favorite topics! Well, actually it's been several years since I've had to think about serializing objects and I've only been to Enoshima once. I for one would not mind the mixed content and I'd definately vote for you to spend your time writing over organizing. posted by pablopicassoJune 8, 2005 at 12:29 [ e ]

I also don't think it's worth the effort. If you're worried about scaring some people off with the programming stuff, you could add selectable filters at the top to disable showing some parts on the main page (with everything showing by default). eg: [X] I'm a normal person  [ ] I'm a computer g33k posted by OmarJune 8, 2005 at 18:10 [ e ]

RSS Feeds instead? An alternative to splitting the site up is to create individual RSS feeds for each content type (feeds for japan, coding, random, all). People can just subscribe to the feeds they are interested in then. posted by ScottJune 8, 2005 at 20:42 [ e ]

RSS feeds: check I got those   Click a category on the left.  At the bottom of the category page there's feed for each page. posted by greggmanJune 9, 2005 at 22:40 [ e ]

Individual articles can be about one topic or another, but at the end of the day, the blog as a whole is about the person writing it.  I liked the way Rands put it in http://www.randsinrepose.com /archives/2003/06/05/the_hol y_duh_of_weblogging.html "A weblog is the representation of a person on the Internet." If you agree with that statement, then you probably agree that if you split your blog into categories, the resulting categories wouldn't be blogs, but simply a collection of articles on a certain topic, by a certain person. People who read individual articles on your blog may only be interested in those articles.  Feel free to add a category search so these people can find what they're interested in more easily.  That would be a nice feature.  But you shouldn't make it harder for people who want to find out about *you*! posted by JimJune 9, 2005 at 22:43 [ e ]

Keep the faith ... er the site. I second what Jim says; splitting up your site is not worth the time or energy in the long run.  Personally, having things in a mix keeps your site a bit more "balanced" than a lot of the others out there. posted by globulousJune 17, 2005 at 1:20 [ e ]

leave it as is, we might learn something new! posted by saikokimitsuJune 26, 2005 at 5:12 [ e ]