State of the Network

[cfree]

I decided a few days ago to start writing more. Yes, I know I say that every year, but my current options for blogging are overwhelming. Lately I've been posting mini-updates to Facebook, which I am growing increasingly less fond of by the day. Rather than figure out where to post and recap of all of the mini-updates, I find something more interesting to do. It's time to change that.

Here is the current state of the CFree Network:

• craigfreeman.net - For professional use (résumé, projects, work-related blog)
• 195labs.com - For my currently unincorporated company (freelance showcase) [not active]
• 58parks.com - For my review of the National Parks that I visit [not active]
• detergentbin.com - For personal blogging (meant for my old Blogger blog, then for this blog) [not active]

My goal is to have one place for people to visit for all my updates without reliance on a third-party service (Facebook, Livejournal, etc.). The immediate problem I would like to avoid is mixing my professional posts with my personal ones, so one site for all posts isn't a good idea. Instead, I am going to either resurrect freemanc.com or procure another domain (cfrmn.com? cmesser.com? cf1.me?) and have that act as home base for the CFree Network. It will aggregate all of the recent posts from craigfreeman, 58parks, and detergentbin, as well as other services I use, like Flickr and Instagram. This way, friends and family can see what's going on without having to rely on Facebook (which won't be around forever...). Of course I can still post a link to the site on Facebook and retain ownership of the content. I'd likely cross post things from detergentbin to LiveJournal.

For the sites that are not yet active, I would like to flesh out their intended purposes and begin to use them. 58parks.com, for example, was meant for National Parks, but I'd like to have a place to review all of the traveling that I do (International/Domestic trips, motorcycle day trips, hiking, etc). This still needs some work. Any suggestions out there? Maybe another domain entirely or just lump those posts in with detergentbin?