My Blog’s Formula:
[(Idea + words) ± wait] x (edit) / Proof read = blog
Did you expect a mathematical formula or a formulaic blurb? As a geek and academic, being formulaic is not a dirty word for me. It provides me with a check list and keeps me in a comfort zone. Somewhere in the blog I also try to have a fairly concise message. It might be self promoting like buy, “My Ambulance Education,” or informative when I blogged on dietary supplements for athletes and the message was, “Always read the label and list of ingredients.”

So what I do when blogging is take an idea and put some words to the idea. Then I wait to see if words need to be added or subtracted. I then edit it a couple of times as needed. Finally I will proof read it and proofing is the foundation (denominator) in this formula. Sometimes this is repeated in a kind of do loop, so the whole formula can be integrated “∫” over a range of days or weeks.

I try to post a blog every 4 or 5 days and cycle through what I consider my blog’s domain. The subjects for this blog’s domain are: Science, Education, EMS, Emergency Medicine, Sports Medicine, Books/Writing and anything I consider geeky enough for me to blog on. I try to put my blogs in categories with key words so people can quickly hit a topic they are interested in.

I usually have multiple blog entries queued up and ready to post. This actually becomes part of the wait formula because I proof them one last time before posting. If I edit too many times before a post I wait and move on to another blog to post.

The point of today’s blog is that while my blogs may be somewhat random and eclectic there is some method and cogent thought that goes into them. Remember “formulaic” is geek-speak for “having a protocol.”