Blog goals
This is the first of what I’m sure will be many navel-gazing posts before I actually get into this blogging thing. I’m not happy with the design I threw together this past weekend. For a future laugh, here’s what I’ve come up with so far:
The reason I’m unhappy with this so far is that it doesn’t achieve the goals I have for a blog. Of course, I can’t fully achieve my goals unless I know what they are in the first place. What are my goals?
- To have central homepage that aggregates my three outlets on the web: twitter, tumblr, and this blog. The streams should be kept separate because they have different audiences. The blog is technical, tumblr is social, and twitter is personal.
- To have URL I can use to identify myself professionally.
- To have good blog for technical writing. It must be easy to skim and allow code samples.
I could probably manufacture more if I needed to, but I think this is a good starting point.
Don’t worry, nonexistant readers! I have a few topics in mind for real posts in the near future.
Sorry, but: your header image strongly resembles the aura I see right before the migraine kicks in. Really hard to look at without wincing.
Kent Brewster — June 3rd, 2008 at 8:11 am