rudyamid on June 2nd, 2010 at 8:42 am

On this blog, my second most paralyzing fear is grammar and spelling errors.  Most people don’t care, but I tend to be more critical towards myself.  I read my old posts and cringe in disgust.
Luckily, this is just a blog.  Its very nature is quick and dirty1.  This is why Social Networking sites like Facebook [...]

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rudyamid on December 9th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

A lot of bloggers stopped writing because they burnt out.  There are many reasons for burning out. There’s no time.  No one notices.  It takes too much effort to write.  Spammers inundate the site with useless comments.  Scrapers steal posts.  It’s not profitable enough.
Essentially, blogging has lost it’s purpose.  It’s no longer about telling a [...]

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rudyamid on January 22nd, 2009 at 11:13 am

I have a hard time reading some blogs out there.  I know blogs are highly biased writing exercises.  It can also lack objectivity.  I sometimes wonder why people write to spur up controversy.  I see them blogging for the wrong reasons.
Pastor Rick Warren called out bloggers as “cowards” because we can be too critical, speak [...]

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rudyamid on January 10th, 2009 at 9:47 am

Lis mentioned the term “blogiversary” to me in a comment last year.  It was to mark my 2nd year blogging anniversary.  Well, today is the third year, already!  Wow, time has certainly fly.  This blog has gone through a lot of changes since then.  I’m starting to get the hang of this, although I’m still [...]

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rudyamid on October 24th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

I read Matthew Ingram’s post with quotes from Seth Godin about blogging.  It’s related to my recent post mentioning my own reasons to blog.  I think it’s worth repeating what Seth said:
Blogging is free. It doesn’t matter if anyone reads it. What matters is the humility that comes from writing it. What matters is the [...]

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