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While going through the bloggies, I came across this perky article on how to blog. (It won the bloggie for Best Article or Essay About Weblogs). Some nice points. The brackets encapsulate my two paise contribution.

1. write every day.

2. if you think youre a good writer, write twice a day.

6. have comments. dont be upset if no one writes in your comments for a long time. eventually they’ll write in there. if people start acting mean in your comments, ask them to stop, they probably will. (Amit, Gaurav, this is for you ;-)

7. have an email address clearly displayed on your blog. sometimes people want to tell you that you rock in private.

8. dont worry very much about the design of your blog. image is a fakeout. (I agree, though I think certain webgurus might not)

15. dont be afraid if you think something has been said before. it has. and better. big whoop. say it anyway using your own words as honestly as you can. just let it out.

18. before you hit Save as Draft or Publish Post, select all and copy your masterpiece. you are using a computer and the internet, shit can happen. no need to lose a good post. (happened many many times. now most posts are written offline)

23. constantly write about the town that you live in.

29. dont apologize about not blogging. nobody cares. just start blogging again. (aka stop whining, start writing. never heard truer advice about life)

30. read tons of blogs and leave nice comments. (you can disagree and still be nice, I suppose)