Um, what’s your site about?
What do you want to write about? This is a common question writers ask. When I start a new project I take a lot of time trying to define what the site is going to be about because changing focus after...
View ArticleEditing comments: think first
A discussion came up about editing comments. I read through it, and walked away from my computer, shaking my head. This is why Systems Thinking is important. It forces the blogger to view the entire...
View ArticleLet’s revisit editing comments
It intrigues me why people do the things they do. I understand why some people are tempted to edit comments (although I am not, ever tempted, to edit anyone’s words). What intrigues me are people who...
View ArticleThe Point In Showing You Have No Readers? None.
I review lots of sites. One thing that baffles me: why do bloggers feel the need to show they have a small amount of readers? I’m talking about blogs that want to be an authority in their niche, have...
View ArticleExtending your blog
One of the common questions asked around the internet is whether now is a good time to start a blog and if so, how do you build and expand it? Wayne Sutton wrote about the topic yesterday referencing a...
View ArticleI was going to write about that but….
You ever have an idea for an article or even a set of articles and decide not to write about it? Or perhaps you wrote the article and decided not to publish it? This happens to me a lot, more often...
View ArticleBlogging, trust, and pseudonyms
I read an article the other day at CopyBlogger called Why James Chartrand Wears Women’s Underpants. Initially when I read the article I found inconsistencies with it (which I will explain later). I...
View ArticleMy defintion of a blog network
The calm after the storm. I’ve been very busy. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been following the conversations going on recently. Lots of talk about blog networks. I have a pet peeve. Figured I might as...
View ArticleThe A-List shuffle is finally happening
2007 predictions. The next week or so there will be many entries about it. When I read those, I think: who cares? Really, what shall be shall be. Occasionally I come across one that intrigues me....
View ArticleStay on topic and that influential bloggers list is bunk
I read NxE’s list of the 50 most influential bloggers. By the time I got to #1 I was laughing at the ridiculousness of it. If you read the trackbacks and comments it’s pretty obvious the list is...
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