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March 10, 2007
Note to Self: Revisit what Blogging is about
Charles used to muse about the phenomenon of Blogging and the ways that blogs made money (or not). A recent blog comment by anontechsupt made us sit up and think about the rationale and more.
I was testing out a particular entry style - a brief one, which was intended to leave some breadcrumbs and force some musing. Obviously, it didn't work the way I intended, so, here's a more contemplative entry.
I read sometime back, that Blogging is similar to training people. You tell people what they should do, you show them quickly, you get them to do it, then you tell them again. Or words to that effect. So, a nice blog entry should start with a summary (or gist), followed by the details and completed with a summary again. Sound like too much hard work? Maybe. Formulaic? Possibly.
Does every blog entry have to be set out like that? No. I don't think so. I can see many successful blogs and blog entries that violate this guideline. And are readable and enjoyable. So, content is as much important as the structure of the writing.
Have a nice day all - it's comfortably warm outside, today in Melbourne.
Posted by Anandasim at March 10, 2007 01:27 PM
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