Steadier Posting with Software
I mentioned back in January that one of the things I wanted to do to Improve this Blog was to post more regularly. I've noticed that I actually post in spurts. When I sit down to blog one thing I usually end up posting 2 or 3 entires. I do a blog-dump of what's been on my mind lately - one topic per entry.
To make things seem more regular - since I'm not (leave your one-liners in the comments... they practically write themselves) - I've added a "published_at" column to my database table, updated all the queries to check for published_at instead of created_at (if you find SQL errors around her lately, this is why), and edited my "add/edit entry" form to have a field for setting this value.
Of particular interest - and now we're off nerdism a little bit - I have the default published_at value for new entries set it self to: 'some time in the morning on the day after the most recent day I've published something'. For example, as I edit this particular entry, the published_at value is set for the morning of April 13th. I'll never tell when I actually wrote it! Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
The upshot is: If I post entries in spurts, they will still come one a day. Maybe if I get enough future entries, I could change the logic to twice-a-day. It's a thought. Anyway - hopefully I'll stay ahead of the current day and there will always be something fresh around here.
Of course, if I really must post something today, then I can just change the published_at field when I make an entry. Blog software programmers, feel free to steal this idea, as it's probably not new.
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