Simple question. And if you want to share your blog, I suppose I can't stop you.

I have one on my local network I use every so often for testing with a view to going online but I'm not sure that I've got anything to gain other than a headache by doing so...

never have, never will

I'd get fired if I had a blog.

I have a livejournal account which I use to store AIM convos I found funny or storing papers for printing when i'm too lazy to upload them in e-mail.

No one reads it, knows about it.

Sarge,

Try Google Notebook.
http://www.google.com/notebook/

Cool beans, but doesn't work with Opera :(

3 actually

To those who said or will say yes, what do you keep your blog for? And are you willing to share it with other SciForumers?

To those who said or will say no, why not? Do you not like blogging, or do you just not know what to blog about?

To those who said or will say yes, what do you keep your blog for? And are you willing to share it with other SciForumers?

To those who said or will say no, why not? Do you not like blogging, or do you just not know what to blog about?

I said no. If I had a blog, it would be about poop, probably. Random thoughts. Thoughts on current events. Nothing coherent whatsoever. I used to blog, sort of. It was more of a personal site. It was kind of a humor blog, where I'd write funny things, observations and post funny conversations with friends. It was actually pretty popular at my school. People liked it. And I liked that I could say anything I wanted in it, and bored people I knew actually spent time reading it.

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Tried mucking about with one some time back, just to see what the fuss was all about, prattle aimlessly (which seems to be the general idea behind 99.9% of the things), and to chronicle some local political lunacy - which, needless to say, probably 1,ooo others (or more) were also doing.
For some incomprehensible reason, it still exists.
LoL


Whatever Happened to Jugula (http://revaluationrevelation.blogspot.com/)

francois I said no. If I had a blog, it would be about poop...
Don't feel bad... most of 'em are.
;)

Cool beans, but doesn't work with Opera

Actually, it does. Just the plugin doesn't. The plugin isn't necessarily important though. It's kinda neat if you want to quickly add a note from a web page while browsing, but not having the plugin doesn't mean you can't use the notebook itself.

And what about yours, Athelwulf? Do you still have one? If not, do you just not like blogging, or do you just not know what to blog about?

I don't have anything to say that anyone would possibly want to read in a blog, so it would be a waaste of time for me to have one.

Hot Cup of Joe (http://hotcupofjoe.blogspot.com/)

I blog about archaeology and anthropology. I've been slacking a bit lately, but have a few ideas to toss in soon.

I think the key to a good blog is that the blogger needs to like writing and have something to say that is interesting to others. From there, the blogger should look for a niche to exploit in the best tradition of natural selection.

I'm still struggling with the "interesting thing to say" part, but I enjoy the writing process. Good bloggers also participate in other blogs and usually develop into little circles of friends where you bump into each other as you're commenting on each other's posts.

The best blogs I've visited do some original writing about subjects they've done a fair bit of research on, either from a journalistic perspective or from a participant-observer one.

One of the best blogs I've read in while (when he's writing) comes from one of our very own members here at SciForums: Silkworm. You can find his work at Defending Science (http://silkworm.wordpress.com/), where he posts commentary and audio recordings of meetings he's attended at his University where creationists have attempted to subvert science.

Another good blog is Pharyngula (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/), written by the infamous PZ Myers, a professor of biology. When he links to your blog, it suffers the welcome "Pharyngula effect," as your hit-rate spikes for a few days. I average a measly 33 hits per day. The last time I looked, PZ was getting something like 19,000/day!

I was just looking over the poll results and, of those that voted "no," I'd have to say that Mr. Anonymous and ToR would probably run blogs that would be read. They both are prolific writers here at SF and write well, moreover, they both have little trouble finding something to write about...even if it is responding to something else.

But, then, that's what most blogs are: responses to observations by the blogger.

One is historical (my first and very old) on LiveJournal which I update once a month maybe. I keep it so that I can read friends only entries by my sister which lives in the UK and has a blog there too.

Other is on LiveJournal based Latvian blogging community. Use it to communicate with many of my friends, post photos from parties, some poems, random insights which seem important to me at that moment, pictures.

The third is my personal one and maybe two other people know of it existing. There I post all my creative and intellectual work, plans and scetches. Much of it private, so that only I can read it.
I have it, because I dislike the idea that all that work is stored on my pc with which anything can happen, now I have an online and an offline copy.
Besides the WordPress engine serves as an organiser and calendar, it's easy to find stuff fast.

In no blog I write about my daily life.

And what about yours, Athelwulf? Do you still have one? If not, do you just not like blogging, or do you just not know what to blog about?

"Still have one" isn't quite appropriate in my case. Whatever blogs I once had in the past, I've long forgotten about. Now, however, I have one personal one, which I don't use too often, and one that a friend and I share. Both of them are pretty new.

I want to start a blog, but I want to make sure I get a lot of traffic to it so that people read it, how do I market it?

should I use myspace?

You first have to have something that people actually want to read. People don't like reading some random person's blog unless it has some significance.

You first have to have something that people actually want to read. People don't like reading some random person's blog unless it has some significance.
don't worry I have plenty to say.
but supose I started my blog, how would joe public be aware of it, that's what I'd like to know.
can you optimise them for googles blog search??

Actually, it does. Just the plugin doesn't. The plugin isn't necessarily important though. It's kinda neat if you want to quickly add a note from a web page while browsing, but not having the plugin doesn't mean you can't use the notebook itself.

Doesn't work for me. Keeps re-loading every second.

don't worry I have plenty to say.
but supose I started my blog, how would joe public be aware of it, that's what I'd like to know.
can you optimise them for googles blog search??

Wordpress and Blogger are two easy to use methods. I've been using Blogger for mine (see the link above) and most of my hits each day are from google searches. The key is to put good search terms in your post titles.

To promote your blog, the best way is to post on and link to other blogs that are similar to yours. Once other bloggers get to know you, they'll read yours more often and put you on their blogroll and link to your own posts that they discover. I'm really bad about not following that advice, however. But posting is good because people that read a blog will very often click on your name and see what your blog is about, particularly if you leave an insightful or provocative post.

I was just looking over the poll results and, of those that voted "no," I'd have to say that Mr. Anonymous and ToR would probably run blogs that would be read. They both are prolific writers here at SF and write well, moreover, they both have little trouble finding something to write about...even if it is responding to something else.

But, then, that's what most blogs are: responses to observations by the blogger.

They both are prolific writers here at SF and write well,
Ha! well I bet both of them can't lay claim to being stalked on SF by an author, who mistook them for another author:D (wallowing in ego)

PS:
thanks for the blog info.

Anyone else got one they want to link to?

http://wulfwolf.blogspot.com

I have two blogs: one is where I bemoan my fate, so my family and friends can keep up with my uneventful existence. Another is where I put up my kitchen trial and errors for those of the family and friends who worry about what I'm eating. :p

Both are fairly recent.

i dont keep a blog, why owuld i keep a jornal online if i dont want people to knnow what i do?

i dont keep a blog, why owuld i keep a jornal online if i dont want people to knnow what i do?

Blog != journal.

I forgot I had a blog.

No one reads it because it's all filled with essays or short stories no one ever read

http://bigsleazy.blogspot.com/

I like the idea of a recipe blog. I may start one.

I have a blog that I use mainly as a journal to explore my thoughts on various subjects.

http://balanced-pragmatism.blogspot.com

I like the idea of a recipe blog. I may start one.

I have a blog that I use mainly as a journal to explore my thoughts on various subjects.

http://balanced-pragmatism.blogspot.com

Oh its not just a recipe blog, I put in whatever I like. A pretty salad that someone made, the results of the instant muffin mix, the ready to bake rolls that are so much better than sliced bread, whatever I discover on the market that my kitchen challenged or time challenged family/friends can use. I recently erased and started over, so its too new to share now. Still trying out styles to see what works best.

Unfortunately I know very little about html and how to make it more stylish and colorful. *sigh*

My blog. Went strong for about 9 months and then died a natural death. I got extremely bored!
http://pawpaint.wordpress.com

My blog. Went strong for about 9 months and then died a natural death. I got extremely bored!
http://pawpaint.wordpress.com

That was an utterly dull 10 minutes I'll never get back, although it did yield 1 gem.

http://pawpaint.wordpress.com/2006/03/18/feminism/

SANDOZ, where are you? SANDOZ! :rolleyes:

I do...used it as a bit of a journal for a bit, than forgot about it. Only the last two entries are blog like, and they were writen in a bit of a trance like state, and so aren't entirely coherent I think. But for the heck of it(and for the fact that I feel like posting) here is mine:

http://www.xanga.com/funcoolsmart

That was an utterly dull 10 minutes I'll never get back

awww... thanks. but really, i'm flattered! I just live for approval :p

Yes I have a blog (Delusions of Divinity?).

It serves multiple purposes: the need for self-expression in an increasingly complex world, to catch the attention of editors and to share a spiritual journey - which like some can veer from the mundane to the mystical.

I find Blogs and Diaries really don't work.

Okay admittedly with blogs there is the possibility that no one will actually look at it, unless you happen to have something on it that no where else has. For instance you've modded your computer, games console, car etc to do something it isn't usually suppose to do and other like minded folk *might* actually want to know about it.

Diaries... well I could never get past the first week, then I realised how boring and mundane what I have to say is and just decide it's a road to no where. If I perhaps did something extreme once a week then perhaps it would be worth it.... anyone got Bungi jumping, Base Jumping or other stupidly dangerous stuff might have better success.

I just started one, see here

http://www.myspace.com/theoryofr