Social Blogging

A few weeks ago I got one of those unexpected live chat messages on Facebook when I logged in to check if I had any new notifications. It was from a bored friend of mine who’s also into blogging and we started discussing the advantages of social blogging platforms compared to the self-hosted WordPress blogs the two of us currently use.
I’m trying to teach myself how to code and design websites and so my blog is currently just a space for me to experiment and practice these things whilst also giving me an excuse to keep writing like I’m doing right now. I find it difficult to have the motivation to write posts on this blog because I know my audience is currently tiny. Why write something which costs me time and effort when only a couple of people will end up skimming through it at best? Read the rest of this entry »
