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.
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Articles in Blog Tips
Don't Force Me to Write on Topics
Sep 17,
2008 From time to time, I saw frustrated readers commenting on this blog about less coverage of a "very important topic". Here is one example: yeah...what about China? Hmm....well...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.