Things Digital Digressions would have liked to have known
before blogging. "This extended exposure to blog software has got
me thinking though about all the things I wish I knew when I started
this venture, almost a year ago now."
A nice list for beginners to look at before they actually start blogging.
Idea Orchard tells
you how a photograph of actor Joaquin Phoenix looking constipated can
help you tell bloggers when their snarky post is actually not very funny.
Sarah Hepola explains in a Slate article
why she shut down her blog. In the
article she says she "I suspect I'll come back to blogging eventually. It will
be something I quit on occasion, like whiskey and melted cheese, when the
negative effects outweigh the benefits. Practically every blogger I know has
taken their site down at some point—for personal reasons, for business reasons,
for boredom reasons." So she really isn't permanently shutting her blog after all.
However, Russell Beattie really has written his last page. Or, has he?
Beattie also writes, "But then I just decided that I really needed a break, and
that I'd really much rather start from scratch at another URL some other time
when I'm ready to write again."
Scoble starts moderating comments: "This is a huge change for me. I wanted a free
speech area, but after having a week off I realize that I need to make a change.
That, I'm sure, will lead to attacks of 'censorship' and all that hooey. Too bad.
I'm instituting a 'family room' rule here." More at Valleywag.
It might be worthwhile
to watch employee blogs for job openings at a company. Then again it could be a complete
waste of time. It really depends on the blogs you watch.
The paperclip trading blogger has now traded
up to one year's free rent at a house.
Even car enthusiasts have their own social networks
these days.
Tasty blog snacks: 100 Bloggers says
blogs are like Krispy Kreme Donuts.
Blogging is usually not difficult for Blog at Blogography: "Blogging is an
effortless endeavor for me. I've read about bloggers who struggle with every new
entry, bloggers who get burned out, bloggers who can't think of things to write,
bloggers who ramble on because they don't have anything to say... but it's never
that way for me. I just sit down to write and, 10-20 minutes later, it's over.
Results may vary, but that's all there ever is to it."
Acephalous examines
the first post by new blogs on the day they are born.
A superbloger is a blogger like Novelist in Training who
is able to go to the library to blog when the power is out at home.
