Newsprint Fray is Now Evan Rowlands Dot Com

Posted on March 21, 2008 in Updates

After months of infrequent updates to Newsprint Fray, I decided to make some changes. The lack of usual posting was a result of a few factors, each of which I’ve taken into account as I’ve made these changes.

When I first started blogging at Newsprint Fray, one of my goals was to have at least a couple other bloggers writing content for the site. However, the individuals I had in mind were overwhelmed with other goings-on, making it difficult to sit down and write. Obviously, in the last few months, I could empathize.

In January, I redesigned the main page of the site to increase the visibility of the three main categories: sports, technology, and entertainment. Instead, I ended up highlighting my tendency to get on a roll in one category, neglecting the others. This was especially prevalent when I wrote an "editorial," my word-of-choice for a blog on a seemingly random subject.

I got lost in the idea that Newsprint Fray was going to something much different than it was, or should have ever been. It didn’t feel like my own anymore, and there was no motivation to be found in that.

So, I’ve taken it back. Newsprint Fray is now Evan Rowlands Dot Com.

The name is inevitably less creative, but this blog finally ‘is what it is’ instead of something else entirely.

But this isn’t some sort of ‘clean slate’ change–there was no need for that.

Every post from Newsprint Fray is here, as are your registered usernames, and most importantly, your comments have made the transition as well.

To those of you who have read and commented in the past, thank you. I appreciate it greatly, and I hope you’ll stick around. It’s the conversation between readers and writers which has made blogging into the phenomenon it has become. You are the most important part of any blog, big or small.

Welcome to Evan Rowlands Dot Com.

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