Tuesday, January 30, 2007

I've finally decided to add comments to my blog. Maybe this move will encourage me to post more often. A while ago I had an ill-fated forum, which was taken over by spammers - including some very disturbing individuals. It took a lot of admin to keep the forum clean and free of advertising material. Hopefully that doesn't happen again.

I've heard of popular bloggers like Dooce, receiving a certain percentage of abusive comments. She published some of the standout posts for our entertainment, and most of them were low personal attacks along the lines of - 'get a life' or 'why do you think anything you write about could be considered remotely interesting to anyone?' Ironic, considering they bothered to read and comment in the first place. I guess that's the downside of being a celebrity blogger. I really do admire Dooce for sharing so much of her personal life with the world. Not only that, but she draws and income from her blog with her uncompromising writing style that shines a blowtorch on everyday happenings.

One of my favourite new sites to visit is lifehack.org. which outlines tips for living more efficiently and productively. I love the term 'lifehack.' It implies that we can change and improve our life at any time with a bit of tweaking here and there. After following a blogging tips article from the site, I decided to allow comments so that the blog didn't end up like some boring monologue. The next thing I've got to learn about is applying Technorati tags...

posted by deprogram @ 4:45 PM