Amblogger     BlogMad!

  • Main
  • About AmBlogger
  • About Vince
  • Contact
  • February 9, 2006

    The Blogger’s Binge

    Written on February 9th, 2006 by Vince Chan :: 5 Comments

    Pardon my ramblings tonight, but I still have a splitting headache as I typed. But I figured I couldn’t put off blogging anymore when these ideas are swimming in my head. One of the major challenges for an Amateur Blogger is posting frequencies. Partly because many Amateurs may experience writer’s block; running out of ideas. Partly due to other activities taking up valuable blogging time. I won’t touch on lack of interest because that’s simply referring to a dead Blogger walking.

    So we Am Bloggers will go on binges. Sometimes when inspiration hits or when we have lots of time, we can post frequently. But when the to-do list piles up and you have other commitments to attend to, that’s when you can go for days without writing or reading about Blogs.

    This happened to me for the last few days. I become very busy during the day, and coming home too tired to do anything but rest. All the while I kept trying to convince myself to make some time to Blog on any one of my sites. Is it Blogging guilt? I have never been able to blog multiple posts consistently everyday. I was actually surprised that I could turn out almost one post a day the week before.

    On a different note, looking forward to future posts - I’m going to be conducting my first Blogger interview! I have a Blogger lined up who’s actually willing to take my questions! Who is this Blogger? You can certainly speculate. All I’m willing to say right now is that you know I always compared Pro and Am Bloggers with sports right? Yes, this person is a sports Blogger, who is much more successful at Blogging than myself.

    He’s certainly being a good sport! (Pun intended) But I wonder if my list of questions is enough? I would like to ask for your suggestion for questions. What would you like to know about this mystery sports Blogger? Please share!


    February 3, 2006

    New Poll Of The Month: When Do You Blog?

    Written on February 3rd, 2006 by Vince Chan :: 2 Comments

    Last month’s poll recognized that the old AmBlogger design was “Bizarro ProBlogger”. I’m not sure whether it’s the design or the theme/title of this Blog that kept users voting for this choice even after I switched the design.

    The second most popular answer was not surprisngly express the people’s dissatisfaction, telling me that I’ll never resemble ProBlogger! Well, that’s why I put that answer there in the first place. Is that called poller’s bias?

    For this month’s poll, I ask the question of “When Do You Blog?”. I’ve previously mentioned that I don’t do any Blogging at work, even during on breaks. So I do all my Blogging primariliy at night. I also Blog heavily during the weekends, but that’s if there were not any events I have to attend.

    Unfortunately, the WordPress democracy poll plugin does not allow me to select multiple answers, so you’ll have to make do with what describes you the best!


    February 1, 2006

    Internet Explorer 7 Beta

    Written on February 1st, 2006 by Vince Chan :: 2 Comments

    Just a quick post to add to my previous post regarding Blog Reading. If you are adventurous, you may want to try surfing the web using Internet Explorer 7.0! Download the Beta 2 Preview here!

    Subnixus wrote a short but glowing review about his upgrade experience. We must be in different timezones, because he always gives me some good reads when I wake up! Sub, do I qualify for your Vegas contest yet?