Confession: it appears I am not a natural blogger…
Sure – it started out all fun and glory. But when it comes to staying on topic – alas I am adrift…
Follow along if you will.
First up – what’s with all the menu choices?
My Account – My Dashboard – New Post – Press This – Blog Info
I am pretty technically suave and intuitive. So it came as a mild surprise to realize I have noooo clue about a very large number of ‘blog things’ available to me. And I am not exploring them…
Even with ‘Dashboard’ – there is much ‘otherness’ to discover! Yet I don’t… I remain on the outside of this blogging world.
“WHAT THE BLOG IS GOING ON?”
I decided I needed to research this a bit – went back to the definition of a blog.
Well – it all starts right there – it’s a noun AND a verb!! ‘Blog’ is the website and the act of maintaining or adding content.
… so finding the definition didn’t really help me …
I found some online articles re: “Introduction to Blogging”.
I learned this:
- content is the reason for a blog
- content must be regularly updated (or no one will visit it)
- a blog consists of “posts” (or entries)
- it is “the way” to promote an interactive website
“Wouldn’t it be nice if the readers of a website could leave comments, tips or impressions about the site or a specific article? With blogs, they can! Posting comments is one of the most exciting features of blogs.”
(*note: I had no idea that blogs were so damn altruistic!*)
There are even “Things Bloggers Need To Know” which include things like ‘blogroll’, ‘trackbacks’ and ‘pingbacks’, ‘Post Slugs’ and ‘Excerpt’.
Blogging Tips:
1 – Post regularly
2 – Stick to a few specific genres
3 – Don’t add ‘subscribe’ and ‘vote’ everywhere
4 – Use a clean and simple theme (if possible)
5 – Enjoy. Blog for fun and comment on other peoples’ blog.
** many thanks to Wikipedia and WordPress for being the top google choices on the topic of blogging! **
And the moral of this particular tale? Well – it ain’t no Aesop’s fable… Could be that this cold has really beat me down… Could be because midterms are here… Could be I lack the ‘explore the blog world’ genetic coding… But I think I might just be old…
At this precise moment in time – I just want to express blatant indifference and blog off…
