mshiltonj's Journal: LibertyStorm is dead. Long live Libertarian Geek!

So I had this web site, see?

I called it "LibertyStorm."

It was a "Libertarian News and Discussion" site. It was a /.-style site that focused on news of interest to libertarians, and it was going to shock the world with its originality, keen insights and active community participation.

Only, it didn't.

For one thing, there are a number of other sites out there trying to do the same thing, they've been around longer, and have already won the "libertarian web surfers that post to web logs" crowd.

For another thing, I don't have the time or resources to a) promote the site in any form, or b) take the time to post the amount of stories that these other sites do.

After about eight months, I think the only traffic I had coming to libertystorm was me and GoogleBot.

So, alas, LibertyStorm is gone, but not forgotten. The site and content is now called Libertarian Geek.

And I'm not really promoting it at all. There's no need, because Libertarian Geek is not trying to reach any particular audience or catering to any particular niche subject. It's just about stuff that interests me, whatever that may be at any given moment.

Which is what a blog should be.

Funny thing is, I had another, second blog running at the same time. This was my "personal" blog that had oddball posts not related to politics. This is now part of Libertarian Geek.

Even worse, I toyed with the idea of having yet a *third* blog, focused on stories related specifically to the tech job market, connected to SkillMarket.

Three blogs is lame idea.

Libertarian Geek is now my single, general blog "libertarian politics, computers, technology, life in the Triangle, and more."

Enjoy!