Have another suggestion? Leave it in the comments. Thanks 
-Don-
You See Dry Bones
Subscribe by: RSS
Building a Resource of Old Testament Studies
A Quick Poll
Bookmark and Share
Posted on 7 April 2010
About the Author
15 Comments Comments For This Post I'd Love to Hear Yours!
Subscribe to You See Dry Bones:
Grab the RSS feed for Free Updates!
(What's this? — Learn more about RSS)
Search the Site:
Copyright © 2010 You See Dry Bones. Thrilling Theme from FreelanceWP
Proudly powered by WordPress 
Hey Don, thanks for the email sir.
The stuff I voted for is basically like: "GIVE ME MORE CONTENT"
But more importantly, I don't want you to get burned out doing this. Looking forward to learning from you.
I actually have felt like I could blast out some content really quickly. I have just been sticking to the "one a day" so I dont overwhelm. But hey, this format might demand more.
Thanks for your insight, and I will try not to get burned out. My wife wont let me.
that's good! I've really had to scale back what I do w/ blogging, just isn't time ya know?
I agree, at times.
It can be a rough world every now and again. It can be demanding, especially as a student.
I went with longer AND shorter articles. I guess I think there's space for both and time where each would be helpful. I'm looking forward to seeing all this come together.
Chris,
That makes a lot of sense. It is an interesting way to think about it. Need some content for those "in a hurry" and some for others who have the time on their hands.
Thanks for the well wishes.
-Don-
I agree with Chris, I enjoy short articles for when I want some quick goodness. I enjoy longer articles because honestly the stuff that's worth writing about can't be given proper intellectual treatment in short article format.
I voted shorter articles and better community.
The community one, because I think that is the strongest aspect of the site and you should play to your strengths. It would be pretty cool to have a message board or something to allow us to going into conversations a little more in depth. For every song they post, OC ReMix creates a discussion thread and links to it on the song page (they actually show a preview of the thread like blog comments). Maybe you could do something similar with your articles.
Shorter articles, not because I think the long articles are bad, but because I find I have a much easier time convincing myself to sit down and read if I know it's only going to take a moment.
I honestly thought the shorter articles would be number 1. Chris Tomlinson gave a good defense for both. I am thinking I will need to do both, but maybe feature a few more shorter ones.
The community seems to be a big aspect too. I have some boards set up, maybe I can release them to the masses soon….
As always, thanks for your good insight. You are the interwebs.
Jakob Nielson defends both long and short…ads a nice rythym to posts…and some subjects you just can't keep below 500 words.
Shorter is under 500 right? That's what you guys mean when you say short? 300-500 is a usability/SEO rule of thumb [anything less than 300 and crawlers will scratch their heads a make guess]…
That is interesting. I have often set my sites on 700. I guess 500 would make more sense for short. Thanks for the insight.
I also voted for "study guides" which I'm assuming you mean printable. I like printable. I like community, too. That's big. Content, whether video or copy is a given.
Yes sir. All printable, all the time.
Community seems to be very important to you kids these days. I will have to get those forums up to par soon.
Both longer and shorter posts…
Let me explain: I can sit down and read for five/ten minutes and that’s fine. Or I can scan a couple of lines in 30 seconds, that’s also great. I generally don’t read the mid-sized ones because I’m not ‘reading something’ and yet it’s too long to scan. I like it when blogs have a good mix of the two, short snappy thought-provoking stuff mixed with fairly lengthy explanatory stuff. Or maybe it’s just me…
Love the blog,
Tim.
Thanks for the kind words, Tim.
What I am hearing is people do seem to like both long and short. Seems like a good mix is in need. Honestly, unless I frequent a blog, I don't like to read really long articles. So I completely understand. Thanks again for the vote. I appreciate it.