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- Blogging is not Technology.
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Last week I was invited to speak at a local NetSquared meeting out in Tempe. Presenting on the topic of blogging forced me to take a step back to look at what I’ve been doing over the past seven years. I realized all of the technological connotations associated to blogging are irrelevant. Blogging is not about the web, rss feeds, or technology. That is just a means to an end. Blogging is about people, it’s about voices, blogging is all about you. Blogging is a medium for distributing both fact and opinion. It’s about discussion and connecting people in a relevant context. The technology just helps run the show.
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- Less Markup Is Better Markup.
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There is a lot of ambiguity when it comes to writing semantic markup in HTML: to what extent should we markup data? How semantically detailed do we need to be? While there is no specific rule of thumb, I will say that the less the better. When writing markup, be as clean as possible without losing meaning. Much like how The Elements of Style emphasizes brevity in writing - a sentence should use as few words as possible without losing it’s meaning - an html document should use as little markup as possible without breaking the context of it’s content.
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- Advocates vs. Practitioners vs. Practicality
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New technologies are popping up at a relentless pace today and staying relevant is now more of an issue than ever. Almost every day there is another new emerging tool along with many advocates promoting how it will change everything. But will it?
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- What’s on Your Front Page?
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In the process of redesigning this blog I’ve been stuck on the homepage. What on Earth should I feature on the homepage? Who cares what I put on the homepage? Who is going to the homepage?