How to write a blog the easy way.
Why not start your own weblog? They're ever so popular, you know. Don't have anything to write about? Ha! That's the easy bit. Here's some ideas...
Why not post:
Statements claiming that "blogging is bigger than God", and link to
other blogs that agree.
Links you've nicked from Fark.
A blurry photo of someone in the office.
A large description of what you've had for lunch (pictures too, if
you've got a spanky new 3G phone).
A picture of a kitten.
A link to an authoritatively titled bit of pseudo academia,
hopefully with "blogosphere" or "social software" in the title.
(Don't worry about reading it - your readers won't bother either.)
Some news quirkies nicked from Ananova. Maybe something about
attack monkeys.
A paranoid post about The Register and it's occasional criticism of
blog sites: "They're not REAL journalists. They get PAID to write
what BUSINESS wants you think."
A link to a quiz. Write it up saying, "I hate quizzes, but this one
made me laugh. This 'Which HTML entity am I?' quiz says I'm a <div> tag."
Something about your new design / upgrading to Movable Type /
running an RSS feed. Remember: You've got a blog, you're an authority
on technology.
A link to a story about blogs in the Guardian. That's what the
readers want. More stories about blogs. Try typing "blog" into Google
news search if you have difficulties finding such stories.
A photo of your god daughter. It's important to show that you've
got a life outside blogging. Try using a photo from google images if
you haven't got one.
An in-depth post about the morality of linking. Finish on a grandiose quote
like, "With great power comes great responsibility."
Check your referrers. Look! One person has found your site by
clicking through from another blog! Write a big spiel
about "welcoming our new readers from monkeyspunk.blogspot.com"
and suggest that they take a look around and read the archives.
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