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Okay - friendly advice... This seems like a "new" blog. My advice is as follows: * Build up some content first. It's easy to write a first blog post, harder to
by memsom 10y ago
Okay - friendly advice... This seems like a "new" blog. My advice is as follows:
* Build up some content first. It's easy to write a first blog post, harder to write regular blog posts. Life gets in the way unless you are dedicated. If you had 10+ posts, that would have been a better start...
* Writing style:
You prose is readable up to a point, but use bold and italic for emphasis, because capitalisation sounds like shouting and breaks the flow of your text.
Ampersand (&) was overused. As a programmer, that sort of grates on me.
* Audience:
Write a short background and description of yourself and co-workers you intend to talk about.
Be vague, make up amusing names for them, but make them more than a passing reference.
Build some multidimensional characters. I don't care about your co-worker because you just described "generic guy programmer in a senior role" not much to really grab me there.
Look at what went on before. Look at some contemporary blogs, this being a wonderful example: http://www.jemjabella.co.uk/ http://www.jemjabella.co.uk/
- gus_massa 10y agoAnother friendly advice: Don't submit the main page of the blog or the about page. Pick the best post and submit it. (As an alternative, submit the latest meaningful post. Some blogs mix some interesting post with some personal posts like "Happy birthday to my cat" that should not be submitted here.)