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The Subject of Relevance

 June.1st.2007 • 12:00AM No Comments

This is the story about a guy and relevance. Fortunately, it’s not about the fact that he has a hard time spelling the word as much as the premise of how to mark relevance in blog posts. He’s even taken it as far as to add a feature surrounding entry relevance.

The subject of relevance has been floating in my mind for the past few weeks, off and on. Why? I’m not too sure, other than to attribute the thoughts to the overall reasoning for wanting to wipe this slate clean in the first place. As everybody who blogs knows, the blog is based on a descending chronological structure. New posts come in, old posts go down and fall into the back of the blog’s memory. Archives allow you to access the past, to do anything from compare the difference in writing styles to find that article on ...

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Am I Condemning Myself?

 May.6th.2006 • 12:25PM No Comments

This is the story of a guy and his friend. His friend ran into a situation where a few people didn’t approve of what she wrote in her journal. Said friend is subsequently fired from her job because of it. The guy then looks at how his blogging career could be condemning him.

I’ve been meaning to write this post for some time, and it’s sort of a weird situation that’s causing me to write this.

Let me start off by saying that one of my good friends from Rhode Island was recently “dooced” (if I may use the word), before she even began her summer internship. I’m left with this feeling of anger after reading her thoughts about it, but yet, it’s an o-so-familiar story that so many people have been through. We’ve been told about this over and over again to not post personal ...

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Blogging Isn't a Minute Gig

 February.5th.2006 • 9:05AM No Comments

This is the story about a guy and blogging. Said guy finds out that blogging isn’t something that can be done quickly, at least not anymore. Does blogging have to take so much time per entry? He tries to find that out.

…although I wish it was. Or do I?

Maybe not. It’s not the old “hi my name is Bryan and this is what I did today” sort of thing. Actually, I would have loved to just sit down and write about how I’m in Minnesota in twelve-degree weather. But, it’s not that simple anymore. I can’t just sit down for a few minutes and just pump out a post, not that I’d want to. I have to think about what I want to say, how I’m going to say it, if it’s ...

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Extending Your Reach

 November.5th.2005 • 4:07PM No Comments

This is the story of a guy and a concept. This time around the said concept is about “your reach” while blogging. The guy has advice about how to expand a blog”s reach using content and networking.

I’m all about collaborative effort, and if there is anything I can do to not only help myself but help others, I’ll be glad to put forth the work in order to do so.

Let’s start, today’s topic is “reach.” No, we’re not talking about getting food from the top shelves of cupboards or that weird brand of toothbrush either. More than a post, this is more of an open-ended question as to how one’s site reaches the masses. Additionally, I want to take a look at what one can do to extend ...

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The Volume Rule

 October.4th.2005 • 10:59AM No Comments

This is the story of a guy and a concept. This concept however, is something said guy sort of came up with out of the blue. The concept is about being loud while blogging and even tries to throw in a Full Metal Alchemist reference for kicks.

The more readers you have extends the volume of your voice. The louder and more trusted you are the more it extends the reach of your ideals.

Just like Full Metal Alchemist has the rule of equivalent exchange, our blogosphere has a few rules of it’s own. This I believe, is one of them. Although it seems obvious, many people don’t realize how true this is. It is one of the few things I have learned over the past few months.

Let’s take a drastic example shall we?

Dave Shea is loud. Doug Bowman is loud ...

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The Evils of Reblogging

 September.21st.2005 • 6:01PM No Comments

This is the story of a guy and the concept. Said concept is the act of taking a blog entry and a dead horse and beating the dead horse until it’s beyond dead. The guy tries to tie this practice to the word “evil,” and strongly advises against it constantly.

So Bryan goes on his merry way. With everything going on in the blogosphere as of late (Derek and his footer fetish (which for some reason is a “new” thing), Blog networks up the ass (or “we make money off your brain schemes”), etc.) I choose to defer my thoughts to others. Why? Not because I’m ignorant, because I think there are others who do a much better job wasting their time and sounding better talking about these issues than I am. Besides, I’m trying my best not to fill that reblog category. It’s the one ...

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