Blogging

Posts about blogging, running a blog, various blog post writing styles and methods for running a blog.

  • An update on my 31DBBB progress

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    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…

  • How do you browse through a blog?

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    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…

  • The 31DBBB Challenge

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    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,…

  • Making time to blog…

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    … 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…

  • … but why the redesign, Matty?

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    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…

  • I got a Moleskine

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    Jeepers. One post in and the mini writer’s block seems to have vanished. Awesome! 🙂 Anyways, the topic at hand… I got a Moleskine. I’ve heard people raving about these for ages and thought I’d do some research and maybe get one. The fact that they look awesome definitely played a role in this as…