I find blogging to be such a unique and interesting medium for communication. Share news, thoughts and information with the world and interact with those who comment on your writings. This, on the surface, seems like a somewhat well-known concept. The question is, is it?
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Tag Archives: Blogging
Blogging techniques- Daily Blogging
Wow, it’s already approximately half way through 2009. That’s incredible. This June, I decided to try a blogging “style” I had yet to try: daily blogging. I decided that, given the mid-year nature of the month, it was time to try something fresh and new to me. I made a conscious point of blogging daily about whatever I thought about. Whether it was to do with WordPress, music or general thoughts, I gave it a whirl.
Daily blogging is an interesting concept. In terms of content, it can produce interesting results, some posts being “stronger” than others, depending on the day and topic.
Overall, I enjoyed the daily blogging experience. I’ve tried, and will try, one or two other techniques as well. My question today is; “How do you blog?”
BlogSpot Rugby – New rugby blog online
Hey everyone,
Just a quick shout out to say that BlogSpot Rugby, a new rugby blog based in South Africa, has just gone live. 
The content and layout look really awesome. I look forward to reading this blog, as will many rugby fans.
Nice one @AMyburgh and co.
An update on my 31DBBB progress
Hey everyone,
I just thought I’d update you all on how things are going with the 31DBBB (31 Days to Building a Better Blog) Challenge. I’m roughly half way through the challenge now and things are going really well.
Every day, I receive an email from Darren Rowse at ProBlogger with a tip of the day and a link to a more indepth tutorial related to the tip. If anything, the Challenge encourages bloggers to blog more and to enhance their blogs and the promotion there-of.
So yeah, even if you don’t follow the Challenge on a daily basis, Darren does offer awesome advice and a clear direction towards better blogging and starting conversations within and around your blog. I’ve certainly found the challenge to be a great motivator thus far.
If you’re taking the 31DBBB, how are you finding it?
How do you browse through a blog?
Blogs in general seem to cater for similar functionality: tag clouds, categories, post tagging, search functionality, etc. My question here is, which browsing method works best for you when browsing a blog? I’ve been considering adding “related posts” into this blog’s current design. I’m just wondering, do users in general find a related posts block to be useful?
It can be so easy for a layout to become bloated or cluttered. Hence, the reason for streamlining the blog navigation and reading process. The only thing is, everyone reads through a blog with a different process. How do blog theme designers and developers factor this into development?
The 31DBBB Challenge
A few days ago, while reading through my Twitter stream, I came across a link to the “31DBBB Challenge”. Having seen “31DBBB” in a few tweets by various bloggers, I thought I’d see what it’s all about.
The 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge is a programme run by Darren Rowse of problogger.net, that aims to assist bloggers in building better blogs, getting a new blog off on the right foot and generally assisting bloggers with common stumbling blocks.
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Making time to blog…
… can be darn difficult!
So clearly, through the blog revamp process, I lost the knack of making time to blog. This was actually part of the reason for the revamp (being able to login, type and hit “Publish”). It’s Sunday morning, it’s chilled after yesterday’s thunder storms, so I thought “eh, what better time to blog?” … and here it is.
I’ve been thinking of a few ideas for blog posts of late, but haven’t been able to sit down and explore the idea further. I figured, this blog isn’t just about exploring ideas and writing super serious posts… it can be about whatever. I’ve had a few ideas on how I can streamline the viewing though, and separate the shorter (and evidently, more random) posts from the meatier ones. I’ll hopefully implement one of these ideas as soon as possible.
So yeah, just touching base. Have an awesome Sunday everyone.
… but why the redesign, Matty?
As you may or may not (I hope you have) noticed, I’ve launched a redesign for my blog today. After a week or two of planning, thinking, designing and coding, the redesign is finally here. You may, at this point, be asking yourself; “but why?”; here’s why:
A fresh look and feel. – I wanted a look that was clean and simple, yet fresher and more graphically driven than my first layout, while still echoing elements from the original layout.
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