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Blog Tips

I am a blogger. I am a long-time blogger. My guess is I started blog earlier than many people, and write more persistently than many blogger. (I started blog in 2002, and wrote one article per day). In this blog tips collection, I'd like to share the principles and guidelines I used to blog, and hope this helps.

Articles in Blog Tips

Write Articles, Not Blog Postings Jul 25, 2007
Jacob Nielson (the usability Guru) wrote a recent article named Write Articles, Not Blog Postings. The article is very well written. To treat every entry on the blog as an standalone article that is valuable even after years is a...
Lulu.com to Turn Blog into Book Mar 26, 2007
lulu.com is a great service. They offer personal publishing. Just like MovableType offers online personal publishing, they actually publish the book! Some interesting features I like: ISBN With 99 USD, they can assign a ISBN to your new book! This...
How to Start a Blog? Mar 25, 2007
This is my answer to my friend who is going to start a blog, and asked me how to get started. He is thinking about WorldPress but concerned that it may be banned from China. It is great news that...
Too Many Entries in a Blog Jul 30, 2006
Wendy complained to me. She has a friend relating to Shanghai. She wanted to share some information about Shanghai with him. She thought my blog is a good place to get started, but later, she found out there are just...
A Blog is All About a Person Feb 17, 2006
What happened to this blog? Why it is shifting away from its propose - a blog about "Events (in Shanghai) that affect my life (and others')"? Why there is an entry as short as this one: Productivity Tips - Small...
Privacy of Blogging Feb 12, 2006
Yesterday night, we discussed about what to blog and what not to. I found many bloggers treat blog as a private diary and wrote something that they will never tell anybody into the blog. I don't think it is a...
Topics Selection Guidelines Nov 4, 2005
The entry of previous day Picture in Shanghai got a lot of comments. Let me explain more. One's Imagination v.s. Fact I wrote about "depressed" because there are a lot of tough decisions to make on the business side, and...
When Nothing to Blog Sep 3, 2005
If there is no topic to blog today, how about try thinking about these ideas: Event? Will it be a conference, meetup, or events coming soon? If so, write about it. What is the propose? Who will come? Will you...
To Focus or Not? Jul 23, 2004
This is the my thrid article on blogging this month. The previous one are: Blog, to Host it or Not?To Continue or Not? Confusing in China Blogsphere This post is triggered by the discussion on the topic of blogging by...
Blog, to Host it or Not? Jul 21, 2004
blogcn.com, the largest blogging hosting provider (like blogger.com), has been down for about 8 days. Captured from blogcn.com's homepage on July 21, 2004. Screenshot in courtesy of blogcn.com Massive bloggers were affected and became homeless. It breaks the update pace...
To Continue or Not? Confusing in China Blogsphere Jul 17, 2004
Blogging in China is at its turning point. I just feel it. Wendy Wendy posted this entry yesterday. Here is rough translation: "Don't know what to write... Should I write it as diary or around a fixed topic? Am I...
What does Successful Blog Mean Jun 5, 2004
Dragoning (China site) posted a comment about his new blog. It is a starting blog with 94 entries already. It has solid content and fresh ideas. Meantime, from the frontpage of the blog, I can see the traffic is not...
Getting a Link is Like Receiving a Gift Jun 2, 2004
"Dave Sifry, founder of Technorati, told me once that getting a link is like receiving a gift. It's a social gesture." (via Scobleizer). What a fantastic idea. I pays attention to my referral log to all incoming links – just...
Write Better Weblog Jan 14, 2004
When I started writing my blog in late 2002, I read the Mark Bernstein's 10 Tips on Writing the Living Web from A List Apart. At that time, not many people run bloggers, especially in China - actually, people say...
Tips from Successful Bloggers Nov 2, 2003
Top 47 key tips from the world's best bloggers via cnblog.org If you want to bring more traffic to your blog, participate in other projects hosted by other bloggers as it’s one way of getting noticed. J Rannie (www.photojunkie.org) As...
Run Your Blog with Your Own Domain Name Jul 6, 2003
A lot of people are very interested to know how to run the same website as mine (http://home.wangjianshuo.com). The questions are: How to get a domain name with my own name? What do I need to do after I get...
Blog, More than Software - Isaac's Speech Dec 15, 2002
I just returned from Isaac's speech at ASTI. I have to say, it is a wonderful presentation, and I really enjoyed the 3 hours with friends from different background and working in different companies. Here are some key take-aways from...
Celebrating Holidays and Special Occasions on Websites Oct 30, 2002
I'd like to recommend Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for everyone who owns a web site or who is responsible to deisng something - no matter it is software, architecture or others.