Thoughts, ponderings, reflections.

50 words or less: "thoughts" is the personal blog of Kevin D. Hendricks and has covered writing, pop culture, technology, spirituality and navel-gazing since 1998. Kevin does writing and editing with his company, Monkey Outta Nowhere, and in case you couldn't tell these thoughts reflect his personal views.

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Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category

Billyspot!: The Billy Graham Blog

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 Posted in Blogging | 2 Comments »

I finally did it: I started a Billy Graham blog. I've talked about this idea years ago, but I'm finally doing it. It's called Billyspot and it covers all things Billy Graham. It got started just before Christmas, so it's definitely ...

Seth Godin Defines Blogging: Drip, Drip, Drip

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Posted in Blogging, Business & Marketing | No Comments »

I love how Seth Godin explains blogging in this little nugget from an interview earlier this year: "Blogging lets you drip ideas, bit by bit, to people who want to hear them. There are two crucial ideas in that sentence, so ...

10 Years of Blogging: Read Mike, The Cat

Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in Blogging | 5 Comments »

On Dec. 5, 1998 I started blogging with these inspiring words: So I’ve decided to cement my daily thoughts in immortal type, and plaster them here on the world wide web for all to read. What kind of an idiot am ...

Is Blogging Dead?

Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in Blogging, Technology | 2 Comments »

Last night I read a Wired magazine article about how Twitter, Facebook and Flickr have killed blogging. The article starts with this anti-blogging sentiment: "Thinking about launching your own blog? Here's some friendly advice: Don't. And if you've already got one, ...

Disconnected

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Blogging | No Comments »

My blogging of late has felt a bit disconnected. Like I'm not fully communicating what I want to say, or at least not communicating it well. Maybe it's more that I'm blogging just to get the ideas out and written ...

Twitter, Moving, History & Art

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Art, Blogging, Domicile, Family, History | No Comments »

Blogging has definitely slowed lately. I blame Twitter—I've been enjoying its strength as a place to make temporary, pithy comments that don't require much time or thought investment. Maybe that says something about how valuable/worthless my Twitter posts are, though ...

What Kind of Blog Are You?

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in Blogging | 5 Comments »

I've been blogging for nearly 10 years and read a lot of blogs. Over those years I've been and read a lot of different types of blogs. Many of those types have been explained before, like the political blog or ...

It’s Official: I’m Dot Com!

Saturday, March 15th, 2008 Posted in Blogging | 5 Comments »

Kevin D. Hendricks is now officially dot com. After nearly 10 years of having my blog hosted on other sites and being stuck in a secondary directory, I've finally moved out on my own with my own site and my ...

Blog Archives Now Complete

Monday, March 3rd, 2008 Posted in Blogging, Site Updates | No Comments »

It only took four and a half years, but my blog archives are now complete. All 2,370 entries going back to Dec. 5, 1998 are now available right here. No more going back to the hand-coded pages on the utterly ...

Point People to More Content

Sunday, November 4th, 2007 Posted in Blogging | 1 Comment »

My biggest blogging pet peeve is when a blog doesn't point you to more content. Blogs typically post entries in reverse chronological order, meaning the latest entries are first. That's great for delivering new and timely content, which is what ...