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By: Daryl Teo » Blog Archive » Flash - File IO

Daryl Teo » Blog Archive » Flash - File IO — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:25:45 +0000

[...] methods? Think of them as forms (you know, those upload forms which you use to put pictures of your cat on Flickr for nobody to see). In Flash, you don’t have to build the form necessarily, but the [...]

By: Devlounge | WLTC Essay Contest Results

Devlounge | WLTC Essay Contest Results — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:16:36 +0000

[...] Posts Things You Should Avoid Blogging AboutThis is my entry for the WLTC Blogging Essay Competition. Please help me out and rate my entry. When [...]

By: Dennis Eusebio

Dennis Eusebio — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:28:55 +0000

http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/cats.htm

But cats have provided the funniest message board pics.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:21:07 +0000

thats an awesome essay. and i learned a lot from it and got some good info. good work.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 06:23:18 +0000

Lovely essay. I agree with a lot of it.

Would you mind if I used this for my website? I’d return credit and all that jazz. If you move, just let me know? It might show up on a trackback since I’m going to put it into its own PHP page.

By: Soup

Soup — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:21:17 +0000

Sometimes my blog gets too personal, but my audience is a bunch of hyper teenagers so I think it’s okay.

By: Things you should avoid blogging about - Devalomania

Things you should avoid blogging about - Devalomania — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:13:05 +0000

[...] avoid blogging about December 20th, 2006 From design/development site Devlounge comes “Things you should avoid blogging about“, an article that outlines five basic types of blog posts that rear their ugly heads whenblog authors run out of fuel. These five types of “empty posts” are: [...]

By: Rohit

Rohit — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:23:28 +0000

Cat’s rule the world!!! But that’s just me .
Very nice essay though .

By: Deanna Marie

Deanna Marie — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:56:14 +0000

Great essay. It contains absolutely everything some bloggers don’t want to say, for fear of being impolite, and most bloggers need to hear, for reasons that are quite obvious.

Even if you are about to majorly miff a large “personal-minute-by-minute-diary-blog” community, kudos. They need to hear it. Badly.

By: ronalfy

ronalfy — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:34:56 +0000

Wow Biscuitrat. Thanks for the feedback. I did kind of approach it as a blog entry, or perhaps a “written for the web” type entry.

I don’t expect to win, especially since I’m stepping on a lot of people’s toes.

I’ll definitely keep your points in mind if given a chance to revise.

By: Biscuitrat

Biscuitrat — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:07:38 +0000

It feels too formulaic – the exact sort of writing my APUSH teacher wants, but I never mean to give to her. Conclude your paragraphs with humor, not “I think that’s enough” or something similar. Remember, also, that you’re not writing a blog entry! You’re writing an essay, and it needs to be a bit stronger. Blog topics are reinforced by comments (as you mentioned). Essays have to do that all on your own. A few times, you do exactly what I’ve done in all of my writing misadventures. You talk about something – skim over it – and then you don’t necessarily go in depth. I think the more you stretch out each scenario, the more humorous it will be, and the more humor involved, the larger the chance that you’ll win something

Toss a few more links into the mix of actual blogging misadventures. For the “MY LIFE IS A DIARY” part, link to the guy who made a minute by minute diary of his life (I lost the link, but you can check it) for 23 years as an example of over-the-top. Of course, it’s not a blog, but it’s definitely a log…that went a little too far.

In your conclusion, don’t start two sentences with “Blogging is…”. You can probably combine them for a greater effect (although I’m the only person I know who writes long long loooong sentences).

Mmm…personal life. It’s preference, really. But there’s always a limit to that preference. Some people just love getting to know their favorite blog’s author. Other people are dragged in by humor. The worst of all of those is having someone read something about themselves…without you wanting them to. It’s happened; it was very awkward. I just barely got out of the whole mess. My, do I love the Internet!

Overall, you made several good points. Remember to strengthen them! Best of luck!

By: ronalfy

ronalfy — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:48:56 +0000

@franky,

That’s the reason why I avoid blogging about my cat. No link love.