(Mid-terms. woo)
I apologize for my lack of updating over the last couple of days. But I've been hammered by internships, packing for vacation and putting together internship packets. So until I can update, just entertain yourself with this.*
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*C'mon, it's awesome.
Showing posts with label blog upkeep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blog upkeep. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Maintenance: TEN COMMANDMENTS OF BLOGGING
(Thou shall obey?)
Charlton Heston kicking ass as Moses in The Ten Commandments*
In spite of the rampant immaturity running throughout this blog, I am intending for this to be a (semi-) professional blog.* Blogging is a necessity today for any journalist (even though journalists insist its not journalism...so whatever). And for me this is a learning experience, along with a way to write about stupid things I've done in London.
So with that I present to you the 10 Commandments of Blogging. My goal for the future of this blog is to obey these commandments and to stop coveting my neighbor's wife and donkey.
For the sake of improving this blog, here we go (rated A-F):
1. Make your opinion known.
Great success?*: (B) I think so. For example, how do I feel about Stonehenge? (Everyone: It sucks!) Plus, I'm rating plays and other adventures. My opinion - it's out there.
2. Link like crazy.
Great success?: (A) Heck yes, if there's one skill I have in life it's linking like crazy to strangely entertaining things.
3. Write less.
Great success?: (D+) No, I'm horrible at it. Every knows that if there's two things I fail at in life it's writing concisely and curling. I hope to fix my writing problem through this blog, and my curling problem in Oslo, Norway.
4. 250 words is enough.
Great success?: (D+) I just mentioned I'm horrible at this. These commandments obviously suck at this, too. Isn't this the same thing as No. 3?
5. Make headlines snappy.
Great success?: (B+) I think my headlines have a certain wit to them. I mean, who wouldn't want to read a headline called "Par-taaaay" or "BBC."
6. Include bullet point lists.
Great success?: (C-) Well, hmmm there's this post. And I've started to make my Snatch'd reviews in a more bullet point/quick hits form. But there needs to be more.
7. Edit your posts.
Great success?: (B+) I feel I've done a decent job of editing for the most part. Not perfect, and of course some of the formatting problems have to do with the fact blogspot sucks.
8. Make your posts easy to scan.
Great success?: (B-) Well, my writing is easy to get through usually. But the posts should be shorter, list-ier, and include more photos.
9. Be consistent with your style
Great success?: (C+) I try to, but once again I blame this on blogspot sucking.
10. Little post with keywords.
Great success?: (F) I'm not too clear on what this means. So I guess I fail at it.
Two other commandments I'd like to amend.
-Lotsa photos
-Strong design
-Post (almost) every damn day
Both those elements are a work in progress. Oh and look bullet points!
Well, there ya have it. Whaddya think...thou shall obey?
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Foot notes
*The Ten Commandments used to scare the bejeesus out of me as a kid. Now it ranks as the third scariest movie I've ever seen behind Saw and Ghostbusters II.
*Haven't you ever wondered why this blog contains so few swear words and other vulgarities when I curse like a sailor in real life? You were wondering, weren't you?
*Hmm, this is easily the most vulgar thing I've ever linked to on my blog. But it's frikkin' Borat and the movie-version made $100+ million in America. Anyway, just skip to the last minute for the amazing line that gives the link its name.
Charlton Heston kicking ass as Moses in The Ten Commandments*
In spite of the rampant immaturity running throughout this blog, I am intending for this to be a (semi-) professional blog.* Blogging is a necessity today for any journalist (even though journalists insist its not journalism...so whatever). And for me this is a learning experience, along with a way to write about stupid things I've done in London.
So with that I present to you the 10 Commandments of Blogging. My goal for the future of this blog is to obey these commandments and to stop coveting my neighbor's wife and donkey.
For the sake of improving this blog, here we go (rated A-F):
1. Make your opinion known.
Great success?*: (B) I think so. For example, how do I feel about Stonehenge? (Everyone: It sucks!) Plus, I'm rating plays and other adventures. My opinion - it's out there.
2. Link like crazy.
Great success?: (A) Heck yes, if there's one skill I have in life it's linking like crazy to strangely entertaining things.
3. Write less.
Great success?: (D+) No, I'm horrible at it. Every knows that if there's two things I fail at in life it's writing concisely and curling. I hope to fix my writing problem through this blog, and my curling problem in Oslo, Norway.
4. 250 words is enough.
Great success?: (D+) I just mentioned I'm horrible at this. These commandments obviously suck at this, too. Isn't this the same thing as No. 3?
5. Make headlines snappy.
Great success?: (B+) I think my headlines have a certain wit to them. I mean, who wouldn't want to read a headline called "Par-taaaay" or "BBC."
6. Include bullet point lists.
Great success?: (C-) Well, hmmm there's this post. And I've started to make my Snatch'd reviews in a more bullet point/quick hits form. But there needs to be more.
7. Edit your posts.
Great success?: (B+) I feel I've done a decent job of editing for the most part. Not perfect, and of course some of the formatting problems have to do with the fact blogspot sucks.
8. Make your posts easy to scan.
Great success?: (B-) Well, my writing is easy to get through usually. But the posts should be shorter, list-ier, and include more photos.
9. Be consistent with your style
Great success?: (C+) I try to, but once again I blame this on blogspot sucking.
10. Little post with keywords.
Great success?: (F) I'm not too clear on what this means. So I guess I fail at it.
Two other commandments I'd like to amend.
-Lotsa photos
-Strong design
-Post (almost) every damn day
Both those elements are a work in progress. Oh and look bullet points!
Well, there ya have it. Whaddya think...thou shall obey?
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Foot notes
*The Ten Commandments used to scare the bejeesus out of me as a kid. Now it ranks as the third scariest movie I've ever seen behind Saw and Ghostbusters II.
*Haven't you ever wondered why this blog contains so few swear words and other vulgarities when I curse like a sailor in real life? You were wondering, weren't you?
*Hmm, this is easily the most vulgar thing I've ever linked to on my blog. But it's frikkin' Borat and the movie-version made $100+ million in America. Anyway, just skip to the last minute for the amazing line that gives the link its name.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Day 15: MY LAPTOP AND I HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON
(VIRUSES!)
So I caught a virus that I'm slowly working on destroying. If you've ever seen the absolutely amazing Final Destination trilogy*, it's kind of similar to what happened to the nine of us in our apartment...except with the common cold. One by one we're being struck down. I was fourth. But the situation worsened when my computer also caught a disease. So while me and my computer both heal, I'm going to take a short break from blogging.
Cheerio,
Matt
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*I've actually only seen the third one. But since it had the greatest plot of all-time. I felt no obligation to see the rest. Watch this trailer and watch this movie jump to the top of your Netflix queue.
So I caught a virus that I'm slowly working on destroying. If you've ever seen the absolutely amazing Final Destination trilogy*, it's kind of similar to what happened to the nine of us in our apartment...except with the common cold. One by one we're being struck down. I was fourth. But the situation worsened when my computer also caught a disease. So while me and my computer both heal, I'm going to take a short break from blogging.
Cheerio,
Matt
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Foot notes
*I've actually only seen the third one. But since it had the greatest plot of all-time. I felt no obligation to see the rest. Watch this trailer and watch this movie jump to the top of your Netflix queue.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Maintenance: SCHEMIN'
(A message from the future)
I'm sure you've all noticed there's been changes taking place on Levin in London as of 21/09/08. Mainly the colors suck less. Well, I just wanted to give former South Florida Sun-Sentinel design intern and The Daily Orange presentation director Lesley Conroy some mad props for bringing on the new design.
She harassed me for two weeks about how the color scheme of white and black was headache inducing. Since I care about the health of my readers, it only took me a mere two weeks to change it. Thanks for the help Conroy (or Conrizzle), and now you've finally accomplished your own lifelong dream of receiving mad props in the Levin London blog. It's all downhill from here.
For the record, Conroy did offer some positive comments about the blog via gchat.
Foot Notes
*It's true. Few blogs manage to put as many coloured asterisks into their posts. It's exhausting, and I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a strong stomach and an obsessive knowledge of stupid pop culture facts.
I'm sure you've all noticed there's been changes taking place on Levin in London as of 21/09/08. Mainly the colors suck less. Well, I just wanted to give former South Florida Sun-Sentinel design intern and The Daily Orange presentation director Lesley Conroy some mad props for bringing on the new design.
She harassed me for two weeks about how the color scheme of white and black was headache inducing. Since I care about the health of my readers, it only took me a mere two weeks to change it. Thanks for the help Conroy (or Conrizzle), and now you've finally accomplished your own lifelong dream of receiving mad props in the Levin London blog. It's all downhill from here.
For the record, Conroy did offer some positive comments about the blog via gchat.
Lesley: it's a good blog. you can tell a fair amount of time has been put into itand by time i mean coloured asterisks.*
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Foot Notes
*It's true. Few blogs manage to put as many coloured asterisks into their posts. It's exhausting, and I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a strong stomach and an obsessive knowledge of stupid pop culture facts.
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