Well, I finally posted the entries from my sailing trip. I had written them mostly during the trip, but I couldn't post them due to the lack of connectivity.
When I got around to posting them, I was confronted with an interesting question: should I back date them so the entries appeared on the days the events occurred (and the day I wrote them) or should the dates reflect the date the entry showed up?
This is more than an philosophical topic. For my readers who use the RSS feed, I didn't know what effect the backdating would have, especially since I had made one live post in the middle of the trip. I was concerned it might confuse others who visit the site regularly and suddenly saw entries from previous days.
Despite those concerns, I decided to backdate the entries. Since its inception, the blog has primarily been for me, serving as a journal. I decided to optimize for my usage; I wanted the entries to appear on the day the events occurred.
Any opinions?
meder Reply
my RSS reader (aKregator) displayed entries the way it should and it didn't really cause any confusion (especially with the disclaimer you had on top) :)
Duffergeek Reply
I think the back dating is ok. Once you get past that first day of people who read on the feed, it makes everything make more sense.
When I was in Germany last week, I had the added confusion of posting in German time or Seattle time - my posts started showing up 9 hours in the future!