sizemore

Two questions I was asked a lot last week: 1. Is your blog dead? 2. Is Visible Monsters a video blog now?

No would be the answer to both.

I’ve been spending an increasing amount of time off-blog, but where as I would usually come back and mention little things like the fact that someone tried to mug me again or the night I got to hang out in a New York City firehouse at midnight I’ve been Twittering or Seesmicing them instead.

Some like the term microblogging, but I prefer to call it lazyblogging - I love both Seesmic and Twitter, but in some ways they make it too easy to just throw something out to the crowd. Once out there it bobs around for a little and then gets dropped in favour of the next shiny sparkly thing. I love other people’s cool new services, but this place is mine and I like filling it with stuff.

I am going to messing with video a lot more this year, but there is also going to be a lot more of that word stuff so don’t throw away your good reading eyes just yet. The blog got all dusty and neglected for a number of reasons, but this isn’t a ’sorry I haven’t been updating post’ as much as it is a ‘back to business as usual’ post.

So let’s get back to business as usual.

After giving it a lot of thought I decided to bring my other blog under this roof.

Running two blogs (alongside all the other stuff I’m doing) meant that both were suffering. Plus it’s been made clear to me that I can’t keep ‘work’ separate from all the other crap I get up to because a lot of the time it’s the ‘other crap’ that finds me work. I’m lucky that way.

So if you’re already here stay put. Or better still add this RSS feed to your reader as the content is about to increase rapidly. I’m rolling the shutters down on VMII, but I’m hoping this will be my last move for a while.

My name is Mike Atherton and this is a new blog in an old place. Thanks for dropping by.

I need somewhere to blog ‘work’ related stuff and seeing as this page has always been the entry point for anyone who finds themselves with one of my Moo cards in their pocket it seems like a good place to dig in.

Longtime readers: I have no plans right now to close down VMII. Thankfully my work is far from dull and dry and I’m in the lucky position to allow my interests to drive the jobs I pick. The plan is to keep Sizemore just as readable as the old bucket of bolts next door.

New readers: In case you were wondering, I’m a full time freelance writer/editor/tech-evangelist who also has time for a little consulting. I’ve been blogging regularly since 2002. I’ve been published in magazines, worked on academic books (I have a Masters Degree in Literature), been a film correspondent, a web editor and also co-wrote an eclectic guide book to London. I’ve also been a guest blogger and reviewer on numerous websites and played an advisory role on others.

Right now I’m working with Webjam and Trusted Places on a Web 2.0 kick. Fun stuff! I’m also working on two new books, a return to non-fiction with a movie theme (co-written with this guy) and something a little more messed-up concerning a stone monkey and a journey West. Rob and I are also launching a new blog that will be a little different from anything we’ve ever done before. Exciting times.

All of this and more will get touched on here (with a little room for crossover with VMII).

Most importantly this won’t be just about me (hell, Sizemore isn’t even my name) because in my line of work I get to meet interesting people on a daily basis.

So if you’re here because of a Moo card that I gave you at a meet-up, there’s a good chance that this is where I’ll talk about you…