The way I figure it, I potentially have two types of readers.First, there is a group which reads my blog because they actually find it interesting and/or educational. These readers learn something from me — or they are at least inspired to continue to learn on their own. As for the second group, my blog provides very little to these readers intellectually. Compared to me, this group already knows everything and I suspect they read my posts for no better reason than to think up 10 better ways to do whatever I’m doing. I may possibly amuse these readers (intentionally or accidentally) but they arenit actually learning from me.In either case, I’d like to believe that all readers at least feel smarter after reading my posts. Whereas the first group is actually learning and are literally becoming smarter, the second group can add me to the list of people they are smarter than thus making them smarter by comparison and percentile. Want to feel smart? Read my blog. A colleague of mine recently asked, “Where did Johnny go?” I’ve been away for a while, but I’m back. This post is my way of getting back into the swing of things and my way of showing my continued commitment to making you all feel just a little bit smarter in 2007.
I like Scott Adams’ (of Dilbert fame) theory. I can’t remember it exactly but it goes something like this.
Every day the world becomes a little more complex and a little more technical. This decreases the percentage of the total available knowledge that I know, making me relatively more stupid.
I guess any chance we get to feel smarter can only be a good thing then? Good to see you are back!
I searched for a Dilbert cartoon which echoed what you noted as I thought it would be a nice addition to the post, but I wasn’t successful. I spent some time on http://dilbertblog.typepad.com. If I run out of things to write about, I’ll turn to the Dilbert Blog for inspiration. Thanks again, smarty.
Now I will have to go and find the exact source. It is in one of his books I think, rather than one of the strips.
Welcome back Johnny. Happy to say that I’m a group 1 reader. The group 2 readers should check out TODO Don’t waste time…
[...] into my overall attitude a while back when I encouraged readers to subscribe to my blog in order to feel smarter. [...]
[...] Since I am re-learning a bit, I suspect the posts to come won’t be today’s news. In the not-too-distant past, I was overly concerned with posting something which was already said or (even worse) something which made me seem out of the loop. Well, I’ve since abandoned that idea — probably at the pool. With any luck, I will continue to write about things which make you feel smarter. [...]
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