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piku wrote:
The question is - how do I make it more interesting? I am going to change to using my iphone to do the feed now. The image will be much larger. No more rear camera, that was just silly. Additionally the resulting timelapse movies will be in HD or something closer to it which will be nice. A lot of people I know who might check in on the blog will probably never make a trip across the country, so the idea was to show them a little bit of what we're seeing. I'd like to find some kind of liveblogging iphone app/drupal module so that I can just randomly upload pics of things we see without too much effort.

I think the problem is automation doesn't lend itself to being interesting.

Higher resolution cameras are unlikely to add much. An old 1-megapixle phone will provide plenty of resolution for a picture on a computer screen. High resolution HD may actually work against you. One of your common sources of readers will be other travelers. They are often limited by the cell company data plans and won't download HD videos.

We blog (not so much recently) because we like to and it helps us to go back and recall the fun we've had. If people like, it great...if not, whatever. If that is your goal, do what you like and don't worry about it.

If your goal is to develop a following and possibly monetize it, it takes time and a degree of talent (writing more than technical).

Less is often more. If you are going to post frequently, a picture and paragraph is often better than 20 mintue video or 5 pages of text...unless it's a really interesting subject (there is always the exception).

Post consistently. I usually stop reading otherwise interesting blogs where one week they have 4-5 posts, then they go a month or more with nothing before another flurrie of postings.
- A weekly post can be a good compromise. It does take time and effort to post regularly. Don't miss out on the experience because you are so focused on documenting the experience.