The line between total self-absorption and keeping your friends (and family) in the loop about what you're up to is a tough one to find. As a personal matter,90 percent of the time I'm not that interested when people I admire and whose work I look for tell me every few hours about their latest event-- that's because I follow them closely enough to already know what they're up to, or I seek out their work on my own schedule. For people I'm not that keen on, the bath of regular updates is a bother.
I send out my pieces to a group of people on an email list and worry that I'm bugging them to death and they can't opt-out without worrying about hurting my feelings (Anyone who wants to suggest a web site that allows you to make opt-in/opt-out email lists please let me know).
Merlin Mann makes a very nice effort at informing without being in your face here.
I'm not sure how to strike this balance but for now here are some links to my work for those who are looking. I'll :
Slate
My book
My Google reader feed
Twitter
Twitter self-pimping line
I send out my pieces to a group of people on an email list and worry that I'm bugging them to death and they can't opt-out without worrying about hurting my feelings (Anyone who wants to suggest a web site that allows you to make opt-in/opt-out email lists please let me know).
Merlin Mann makes a very nice effort at informing without being in your face here.
I'm not sure how to strike this balance but for now here are some links to my work for those who are looking. I'll :
Slate
My book
My Google reader feed
Twitter self-pimping line
One solution would be to create a Google Group and invite your list to join the group. They can opt in or opt out as they wish.
You can set the group so that only you can post to it and either make the group publicly visible or not.
Hope this helps.
--Michael