I've gone through a long process healing my relationship with comments, and I want to describe it because I'm guessing it's something others go through. Fear and anticipation, approval and validation When I first started blogging four years ago, I didn't have online buddies, I didn't have Twitter, and consequently I … [Read more...]
“How Can I Make Money From My Blog” Is the Wrong Question
This is in response to Sarah's excellent Rants From the Geek Lab: Improving Your Blog. The questions hungry bloggers want to know: How do I make money from my blog, should I put ads on it, how much traffic to I need to make money? The short answer is: you are asking the wrong questions. First, pageviews aren't the … [Read more...]
How to Make Blogging Awesome
I think I'm finally getting this blogging thing. How to make blogging suck: Think you need to sound like you know "what you are talking about" and then don't write because you can't think of anything really profound to say. Hide out in your posts. Don't write what is really going on for you or what you are … [Read more...]