3 articles tagged ‘Blogs’

Design: Drop sidebar to give posts room to breathe April 26th 2010

New design prefers content to sidebars. It’s built with the Thesis Framework but without the typical Thesis look.

I’m pleased to announce that Story Complete has a new design. As I hope you can see, it stresses the blog’s content and not the information found in most blog’s sidebars. If you’re seeing this post in your RSS reader then please pop over and take a look at the new Story Complete.

I changed to a 1-column design from the 2-column format used by most blogs. The post meta information is right of the post content; all other information in the page footer. This keeps the pages clean and highlights the content, which is, after all, why you’re here.

Story Complete: 17 days of daily digestible posts March 31st 2010

As Blaise Pascal (sort of) said: it takes longer to write a long post than a short one; ‘Writing is rewriting’ is so true.

Today I’m looking back on Story Complete’s first month. This is the 17th consecutive day I’ve posted. While at first I found the daily schedule difficult, I’m hoping practice makes perfect.

Written preparation is often the path to success, whereby the writing part is essential. My daily schedule forces me to click that scary WordPress publish button. On the other hand, sharing my thoughts in writing helps me clarify what I’m trying to say.

Life’s too short to read long posts. If they happen to say anything important, I’ll see it elsewhere. I’m a strong believer in “If the news is that important, it will find me.”

Target audience: They’re waiting for you to show up March 20th 2010

Talking with people paying attention and seeking you out is a lot more fun than continuously interrupting people who’ll ignore you!

Don’t waste your time interrupting people not paying attention. Instead, focus on those few special people who are paying attention.

Those few special people are discussing your domain on forums, blogs and newsgroups. Your first job is to find and join these continuing conversations.

Don’t barge in, interrupt and start selling; that’s the best way of ensuring they’ll ignore you. Instead, start by listening for a while before contributing.

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