]]>Spend more time writing, less time fidgeting with your stupid blog
I really mean it! The whole point of having a blog is so that you can write on it. The design is important and all, but content is king! Quit spending time toying with the borders and the stupid links on the right. Stop trying to get the last 10 comments with commenters names on there. Stop changing the format. Quit upgrading every 5 days to a new software.
All of this simply detracts from the whole purpose of your blog. Write on it. Take some time out during the day to put down a few words. It doesnt have to be profound all the time, nor does it have to sound right. Just make sure you are adding content and not just playing with the way your blog looks. As a matter of fact, I believe that the whole lookie loo thing really does not help at all. A very pretty blog with no content is one that I will never ever visit again and I am sure a lot of other readers feel the same way. People come to your blog for content and stay for content.
I write about all of this because a friend of mine (I wont mention who) has actually started writing some good content on their blog, content that makes sense and is interesting reading! Did you ever watch Doogie Howser MD as a kid? I know I did and I was really jealous of the diary entries he wrote on his computer at the end of every episode. Leaving pretentious quotations aside, content can be something as simple as memories of the day to as complicated as RDF bashing and beyond.
On that same note, Jennifer has started writing some really interesting articles on her own blog. Check her out sometime when you get the chance. Her last post about colon cancer in females is very interesting.
In other good news, I have my Nikon D70 and I am giddy!
4 Comments »
The URI to TrackBack this entry is: http://mindfulmusings.net/weblog/2004/04/06/spend-more-time-writing-less-time-fidgeting-with-your-stupid-blog/trackback/
RSS feed for comments on this post.
Leave a comment
Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>
I disagree. My blog serves two purposes. One, to write in. Two, to tinker with. I write in it when I damn feel like writing, and tinker with it when I damn feel like tinkering with it. Which means I may change the layout six times before I actually write anything useful.
Comment by nikkiana 4/7/2004 @ 11:28 amSpoken like a man who has every hack known to WP installed!
While I don’t disagree with the spirit of your post, I do not like blogs with poorly written, unimaginative or trite musings. Give me lots of good content or eye candy with occasional great content but I won’t visit “Today I had pancakes for dinner and swept the front porch” blogs.
Now get to work on the threaded comments and quit writing crap! Wink-wink, nudge-nudge.
Comment by Anonymous 4/11/2004 @ 7:29 pma journal is a journal is a journal…
how expensive or beautiful the interface (or diary) does not matter!
Doogie Howser MD! I loved that show. Used to come in India too. That was where I first know people wrote e-journals! first blogger?
Comment by Sushubh 4/27/2004 @ 9:54 pm