Tuesday
Sep072010
A Latecomer to the Blogging Scene
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 3:54AM
Well here we are. My first post, on my first ever blog. Welcome to the Twenty First Century... though I am a little behind the times. Blogging is nothing new, for the internet world anyway, and I have finally decided to embrace the process, as a great way to get all my thoughts down onto 'paper', and keep in touch with family and friends across the world. That's pretty much what this blog will be, just updates about where I am currently, and what I have been up to.
Don't expect any witty, laugh-out-loud hilarious kind of remarks; nor should you read this blog if you are expecting profound, in-depth musings on the human mind. You never know though, I might surprise you.
Thus far, my blogging experience has not been a smooth one, though that is largely down to my easily-frustrated self. Of course, before you can write something, you have to set up the look, and I have never been very good at aesthetics. I have my moments- the fake flowers in our apartment, nicely placed in a vase and filled with glass stones being one- but on the whole, Laurence Llewelyn Bowen I am not. (Non-Brits read "famous fluttering interior decorator"). Therefore I spent pretty much the whole of Labor day deciding firstly on which site to host my blog on, as there are a number to choose from, and secondly, on how exactly my blog could look. In theory, this is all very simple: You compare the market, pick your favourite, log in, and follow the easy-to-do directions on customising your blog. Naturally, I managed to make things complicated; I read far too much information on each site, miserably failing to decide which was best; I got lost in all the HTML, CSS, domain hosting jargon; and then finally I spent far too long deciding whether this font looked better than this one, whether this blue was better than this etc. etc. I am sure you get the point.
Finally I reached this stage, my first post. I am reasonably satisfied with my blog at the moment, though I am very sure it will be tampered with in the coming months. I do welcome any help or comments, or even someone who just wants to design a blog for me. For now, lets just hope I have the time to make regular updates. And I hope you keep reading. I am nothing without an audience.
Don't expect any witty, laugh-out-loud hilarious kind of remarks; nor should you read this blog if you are expecting profound, in-depth musings on the human mind. You never know though, I might surprise you.
Thus far, my blogging experience has not been a smooth one, though that is largely down to my easily-frustrated self. Of course, before you can write something, you have to set up the look, and I have never been very good at aesthetics. I have my moments- the fake flowers in our apartment, nicely placed in a vase and filled with glass stones being one- but on the whole, Laurence Llewelyn Bowen I am not. (Non-Brits read "famous fluttering interior decorator"). Therefore I spent pretty much the whole of Labor day deciding firstly on which site to host my blog on, as there are a number to choose from, and secondly, on how exactly my blog could look. In theory, this is all very simple: You compare the market, pick your favourite, log in, and follow the easy-to-do directions on customising your blog. Naturally, I managed to make things complicated; I read far too much information on each site, miserably failing to decide which was best; I got lost in all the HTML, CSS, domain hosting jargon; and then finally I spent far too long deciding whether this font looked better than this one, whether this blue was better than this etc. etc. I am sure you get the point.
Finally I reached this stage, my first post. I am reasonably satisfied with my blog at the moment, though I am very sure it will be tampered with in the coming months. I do welcome any help or comments, or even someone who just wants to design a blog for me. For now, lets just hope I have the time to make regular updates. And I hope you keep reading. I am nothing without an audience.
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