From c9acd467e38fa267db5972de02a3615ff6998355 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JoseĢ Mota Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 20:32:15 +0100 Subject: Update some more posts. --- .../2008-12-15-blogging-for-real-people.markdown | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2008-12-15-blogging-for-real-people.markdown (limited to '_posts/2008-12-15-blogging-for-real-people.markdown') diff --git a/_posts/2008-12-15-blogging-for-real-people.markdown b/_posts/2008-12-15-blogging-for-real-people.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e5b6bce --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2008-12-15-blogging-for-real-people.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: Blogging for real people +tags: [ miscellaneous ] +published: true +--- + +Writing blog posts is already a hard task, imagine if you want to write for +other people...! Let me try and share my thoughts on this, it's even a way for +me to keep up with my writing habit. + +What better way to know what to do than taking a look at good blogs out there! +I'll take some of the best that I know, if you know others please spill 'em +out!. + +* A catchy title should already make your brain spark inside, + pretty much like this one I guess. If you have your own blog it should be a + subject of your interest, or if you don't but would like to start one blog, + now it's a good chance to start off pretty well! +* A simple shorthand like [Bryan + Veloso](http://avalonstar.com)'s is a killer, I just love to know what the + post is all about with a simple touch of uniqueness. Like a newspaper, every + article always has a shorthand to let the reader know if the article is of + his interest or not without reading it all. +* I don't need to say that grammar should be checked before publishing a post, + but more important than that is actually **providing a story line** that + enhances its reading in the way that readers enjoy a story more than loose + thoughts. This way you even create more reasonable means to actually + understand the post's content and it sticks in people's mind. +* **Images / videos** support an idea like nothing else does. I + guess I don't need to say anything else. +* There's also another thing that I found lately and I find of the upmost + importance: **the text to read should be visually appealing.** + - I used to have a dark purple _background_ under white text and it + was not the best idea I came up with because it was freaking hard to read. + - Not just the colors, _whitespace _should be taken into + consideration. + +These really play a big role for me. [Dave Shea](http://mezzoblue.com)'s blog +is a great example on this matter. + +How about yourself? Do you have any other details you take into consideration? +Should you have a certain blog you find readable, leave your contribution! -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf