MyStuff Monday - Scale or Bale

More often than not I read about scale in terms of scaling up an operation, but I’m thinking about scaling back. Looking at the numbers for that directory project of mine, it seems that there may be some definite advantages to reducing the size of the site.

The fact is, I need to take my own advice. The things I say to people often conflict with what I am myself doing with Lopico. If I tell someone that’s starting something new I say ‘just do it small scale and see where it goes.’ But for Lopico I’ve tried to cast the biggest net I can (almost) and the results are exactly what I’d expect. My problem has been thinking more in terms of page views and SEO and less in terms of the user - something I need to stop.

I really shouldn’t be blogging this, but it’s time for a change. A smart kid once told me to do this same thing and I didn’t listen, instead I kept going on the same track. The problem with staying on the same track is that nothing changes. And while things may be alright on Lopico, they’re nowhere near where I’d like them to be.

So this is what it means to try to get bigger by getting smaller and we’ll see if it works. No time table on the change, school, work, and life are sort of in the way - but you’ll be the first to know when things change.