Dear Pot,

There are very few things that I have greater disdain for than the “Hey, sorry I haven’t been posting. That’s totally going to change.” post. Just start posting again. It’s cool. We forgive you.

That said, I’m at a crossroads with where I want to go with this thing. I used to have two blogs: a professional blog focused on education and technology as well as a recreational one. I really enjoyed my recreational “tumblog” and didn’t care for my real-deal personal publishing venture. About 18 months ago, I rolled them into one.

During that time, my professional life got a lot more interesting and I want to talk about it. I’m doing some really cool stuff, but I don’t want to alienate the people who started following me because I posted some random crap I found on the Internet, but updates on my quest to drink 500 different beers this year and being a teacher don’t dovetail all that well.¹

The other wrinkle is that the general suckitude of Tumblr has increased exponentially over the course of the last year.² I used to really, really enjoy using Tumblr, but lately, I can’t get anything done without a cute “We’ll be back shortly!” message. If I do take writing seriously again, I’m not sure this is the place I want to do it.

So Internet, the basic question is—should I continue here or fork the two projects off again? Let me know what you think.

Stay warm,
Kettle