The Medium is the message

Let’s hope this doesn’t turn out to be another Posterous

When I first discovered Medium, I thought, “this is just another one of those minimalist self-publishing platforms, like Posterous, that will probably be dead in a couple years.”

…and that may still be true. But, just look how pretty it is! I had to give it a try.

The only problem here is that the new redesign of my website & blog, Bleachwave, is going to be launching in less than a month. So part of me couldn’t figure out exactly what to DO with this little guy. I certainly don’t want people to think I have 2 blogs.

Here’s how I plan to keep my Medium site different from my Bleachwave blog:

1. Medium has a much better system than WordPress for allowing readers to add comments and feedback. Due to the amount of spam I used to receive, my new Bleachwave blog will not allow any comments or discussion on posts. With Medium’s unique approach to paragraph-level, in-context comments, or “notes,” I can actually have (*gasp*) mature, intellectual conversations with my readers.
2. Medium is for rough, quick, un-edited thoughts & ponderings, whereas Bleachwave will be a portfolio of my best writing, complete with photos and multimedia. I don’t want to try to write big, professional, extended essays on Medium; I want to use it like Twitter but without the 140 character limit.
3. If Bleachwave is my tuxedo, then Medium is my blue jeans with torn holes in the knees. On Medium, I’m more likely to discuss personal opinions and potentially controversial subjects. I probably won’t get into religious or in-depth political views, but I will definitely be a lot more open and candid.

That’s pretty much it. I hope you enjoy what I have to say here. I’ll try to keep most of my posts fairly short. And if this thing gets bought and shut down by Yahoo or Google in a few years, then I oh well…

Also, I hope Medium launches an iOS app soon.