Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Forgive me, readers, for I have sinned ...

When blogging, one of the mistakes that need to be avoided first is "do not post". Is not rocket science ... the frequency is a key element. It doesn't have to be daily but need to be c-o-n-s-t-a-n-t. As you probably realized I made the mistake.

I'm not very good at keeping paper-based journals, so it can be applied to blog. In fact, originally I thought about this blog more as a repository of ideas and cool links to share than a detailed an up-to-date electronic journal.

However, I know that the user (reader in this case) might be disappointed in the last posting can be tested with the carbon 14 test !
I admit that the frequency is key, so my new commitment with you is that my posting will be at least bi-weekly.

Of course after all the euphoria probably I will post more frequently in the next days.

I found this very interesting article wrtitten by John Chow about the 10 blogging mistakes to avoid:
Blogging Mistake #1 - Not Updating
Blogging Mistake #2 - Blogging Only For Money
Blogging Mistake #3 - Rushing a Post
Blogging Mistake #4 - Not Being Personal
Blogging Mistake #5 - Being a Copycat
Blogging Mistake #6 - Not Replying To Comments
Blogging Mistake #7 - Not Giving a Full Feed RSS
Blogging Mistake #8 - Not Reaching Out To Other Bloggers
Blogging Mistake #9 - Writing For Google Instead Of People

The Blogging Mistake #10 (– Not Reading John Chow dot Com) is arguable ;-P

More info at http://www.johnchow.com/10-blogging-mistakes-to-avoid/

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