Blogging and the B-Side

Everyone, except you real younguns, probably remembers buying music in some tangible format (vinyl, 8-track, cassette, or CD). A common practice, then and now, was for the best information to make it to the front, the A-Side. Other music, many times music that the musician, not the label, wanted, is placed on the flip side, B-Side.

Perhaps a common misconception of the B-Side is that it's "riddled with crap". Fortunately, I've heard many a B-Side that's good if not better than the A. Jimmie recently got me thinking about this as applies to blogging when he mentioned a photoblogger than was sorting his posts this way.

My first reaction to the notion was good, honestly. I really liked the idea that there was a place for overflow. It wasn't until last night, as we finished up some plans for the launch of a new blog (sorry can't tell more until next week), that I realized how much I could use one myself.

SocialTwister has never really been a personal blog. I see what I do here as part of work, but it's an enjoyable part (sometimes more than others). I tend to have a policy of posting only once a day. I do this to ensure that I give each post enough consideration and thought. My schedule is just too busy to write more often and I like to do my best once a day. Subsequent posts in the same day would be little quickies and against my goal.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with posting lots of times a day, it's in the DNA of bloggers. I get the urge many times to just throw stuff up, but I won't. I need a B-Side. If I had a B-Side, I would be able to be looser with my policy. I could post the meaty piece here and then lots of other things over there. Next week, I'll be starting that process.

I'm curious how you're all dealing with your content. Do you simply have different categories that you post to for filtering purposes (the pegboard approach)? Do you have on dumping category (the kitchen draw approach)? Do you have multiple blogs (the B-Side approach)? Do you just not say anything at all that's out of character?

If you've got a B-Side, can you provide links to both of your identities for some comparison?