I know what you mean about private blogging versus public. I kept a personal, private blog for quite some time before going public with an idea, and once I put that idea up there I got hooked.
I also know what you mean about crafting and tweaking the look to be just so. My blog is fairly media heavy in content, so I wanted everything to look visually entertaining, as well as being interesting to read. I’ve tweaked and tweaked for hours for a minor change sometimes. One that even if nobody else knows is there, makes a difference to me.
I see a blog’s theme and layout as being nearly as important as the content itself. It depends of course, but the web is a medium where if the presentation is poor, the content doesn’t stand much of a chance.
My friends have been blogging for personal use and I haven’t really caught on the fever. But when I started reading about other blogs, that’s when I took the plunge. Got myself a domain, installed WordPress and voila! I got me a science blog!
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An avid fan of business, education, technology and finance. I lead a lean, highly focussed and capable team of Java Back End developers and Front End developers through a maze of complex software wizardry to fulfill the web maintenance needs of a large chemical manufacturer. As per Myers-Briggs Personality Types, I am an ESTJ. I pride in a project completed on time and according to plan. My hobbies include all kinds of technology, anything that I can taste and anything that goes fast or flies in the air. I like to read business books and comics in my spare time.
I know what you mean about private blogging versus public. I kept a personal, private blog for quite some time before going public with an idea, and once I put that idea up there I got hooked.
I also know what you mean about crafting and tweaking the look to be just so. My blog is fairly media heavy in content, so I wanted everything to look visually entertaining, as well as being interesting to read. I’ve tweaked and tweaked for hours for a minor change sometimes. One that even if nobody else knows is there, makes a difference to me.
I see a blog’s theme and layout as being nearly as important as the content itself. It depends of course, but the web is a medium where if the presentation is poor, the content doesn’t stand much of a chance.
A rather shortened essay, and where is the voting section, why the adverts instead of content?
Ah, a bug …
My friends have been blogging for personal use and I haven’t really caught on the fever. But when I started reading about other blogs, that’s when I took the plunge. Got myself a domain, installed WordPress and voila! I got me a science blog!