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03 Sep 2008 mellow_bunny

IRC Angst, Creating Exciting Projects, Updating the Blog

IRC Angst

So I’ve gotta say.. IRC can cause angst. I’ve seen it before… It sucks people in. It’s an amazing sort of ZONE for anime bloggers though. It’s a place to talk directly to other bloggers, a place to get the latest news as it happens and definitely a good place for getting to know other bloggers (as opposed to blog comments or forums).

The one thing that can happen on IRC though is DORAMA. That or hilarious situations. In fact the second is more likely. Typos are the main source of hilarity with people making freudian slips commonly. The thing is IRC can almost drain you of anything to discuss on your blog.. it’s like news that was reported in the morning is ancient by the afternoon. So you feel less motivated to perhaps blog the information.

It is however a great place if you need information on something, people can give you some really great advice or let you in on awesome resources. It’s fun. Also if you want to be super cool.. use a terminal and go hardcore. Tunnel through SSH for +100 secure points.

Creating Exciting Projects

I seem to be involved in quite a few new exciting web projects that are focused on the Aniblogosphere. Two of these projects are sitting in their planning stages and are being expanded upon by various members of the community. These two are probably the most exciting from my point of view.

The aim of these projects is to not only do something new for our communities but also do something unique to blogging in general. The first project is something that I thought up just a couple of days ago and it has somewhat evolved from my Kyouki idea. It will require a fair amount of volunteer commitment to complete but will result in something quite simply awesome. Something we can have sitting on our desks… maybe coffee tables.. or just in our bookcases.

The second project is something that will add “value” if you will to the blogging experience. It will allow us bloggers to find that medium between IRC and forums as such :P! It also will not be hard to adopt, the system will be easy to use and very versatile in fact. I’ll let you know now that it is called Taiga :P! 50 points if you can guess why…

Updating The Blog

I think this is something that we all might forget to do. It seems that a lot of us tend to forget the housekeeping that can make our blog a great place to visit. It doesn’t hurt to get out the old broom now and then and tidy up your sidebar. Maybe go through and clean up your categories or tags. Maybe it would pay to make a tag page or a cloud somewhere?

It’s just come into Spring here in the Southern Hemisphere and hence my urge to tidy things. But think about it, now might be the best time for you to finally sort out your blogroll. Prune it a little, update.. make sure they all work!

Perhaps now is a good time to consider some design changes? This may not be an entirely new theme for you. You may change your default font for instance.. maybe do some tweaking of the text size or perhaps change the default size of your pictures. Think about how you want to present your blog and for goodness sake ask for advice from your web friends if you need some. They might be able to give you some pointers.