I also think if I’m going to write it, I’m going to own it, on my own database.

The formatting here is simple, as you rightfully point out, but that’s the point. I am no longer strapped to one form of weblog post. I can chuck things up in an exaggerated simple fashion. This gives me more time to do the important things in life AND keep a simple and aesthetic looking log of it all.

So, that’s what I’m shooting for with this direction.

But I’m surprised by the implementation–you’re just formatting regular Wordpress posts differently by category? And people are wanting to ditch Twitter, Del.icio.us, etc? That seems the wrong direction: let’s bring them in. It’s much easier to tweet via Twitter, bookmark via Del.iciou.us , etc., etc. Plus I get a lot of site traffic from those sites and like hosting content there. Most of us have been adding those services to little boxes on the sidebar, widget-style, but maybe the most interesting thing would be to mash them altogether, to show how they interact. And that way when next week’s cool new service comes along you’ll be able to splice it right in. I think you’re on to something but I’m wondering if you’re only going half-way.

Hmm…. Yahoo Pipes collecting, mashing, sorting then spitting out to a blog API for actual posting (so we have search, comments and a united RSS for everyone). Pipes could add the div tags, pull out junk from the feeds, etc…