Starting from scratch?

Neville is thinking about reorganizing his blog. And maybe hosting it himself, and redesigning.
First of all Neville, happy birthday to one year Nevon.net. Secondly, I really love, that nowadays many things which would have happened in private, like a relaunch or guidelines are discussed in public. I think this is a great development which you are of course a contributor to, with For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report.
At the moment I am looking at a similar dilemma (it’s a dilemma because it needs time). I have been fidgeting with my sidebars (creating TypePad’s “advanced templates”) which makes me unable to incorporate new features (like the IM status module). I’d have to go back to the unaltered thing and do it over again. Which of course leads to the question, let’s step back a minute and think about what the blog should do for me? Sensibly, I think, since up til now it was a growing process. Which of course has it’s boundaries, you’ll have to go back to a 3 to get from a 7 to a 10 (sidenote: my blog is not a 7…).
Then there is the question of language which I was slated to discuss with Nicole when my hard drive failed me. Should I blog in German, or in English or use both languages?
Furthermore, there is the business side to consider. It looks like one of my blogs might get less attention in the future since a new one might be on it’s way. However, if planet sab is to be my main blog then I will have to kick it up a notch. Report on things which seem to be essential blogging, not just my personal notes as I have done in the past. If planet sab should be my personal business card, reflecting that this person understands blogging and social media it has to look that way and have the content to go with it. Whether 40 A-listers have linked a site already, I will have to do it as well, and of course, the shabby blog-roll has to change alongside ;-).
Well Neville, I don’t like the background since it is the same as in Steve Rubel’s redesign, but I will watch and learn closely whereever Nevon.net is going, because it is on my list as well.