Matthewgodfrey’s Blog

Its been a while since I posted about my blog experience so there should be loads to tell. In reality I’ve not spent nearly as much time on my blog as I would have liked and it shows.

What I have done, is some work on the presentation and function of my blog. Having had a look at other peoples blogs (pro & am) I realised i needed to make my blog more functional and non linear. A blog could just be the provider of information but by adding links for people to follow, videos to watch and topics to discuss, it transforms a noticeboard into a  topical space for people to come and go, interact and reference. Adding links to web sites I find interesting, other blogs and also my own accounts with the likes of viddler and Twitter has improved my blog in my mind.

Sweet, I disabled allow comments and the other thing that was below it on the page settings, threw in a big Fro Pho and jobs a good un I now have an about page that isn’t shod.

Its the ‘About’ page that is making my blog look shod. I need to get rid of the add comment blurb. In fact I need to give it a complete overhaul, watch this space. Any tips will ber greatly received

Right then, I’ve managed to set up catagories for my posts ant it seems that i will also be able to place catagories under parent catagories. Since the long Saturday shift in front of the computer. I’ve been playing with trying to add a header image of my own (no joy) I’ve changed the theme for something brighter and have started looking at other peoples in more detail. My blog appearence still looks shabby…

I am going to use this post as my doodle pad for now until I can work out wether wordpress has a similar facility. Dont try to make any sense of the content as it is purly a place for me to record notes, snippets, and other bits and bobs that will help me put my blog together.

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Ok, so I started out thinking “yeah i’ll set up a blog in no time, how hard can it be?” The truth is its trickier than I thought. My first port of call was www.blogger.comI managed to set up an account (er why is my text green?) but got lost in the “you must have a google account to access you’re Blog ” So i set up a google account and then couldn’t remember the login and password details and blah blah. Long story short, I got bored of the thing before I even got started. I think that says more about me than Blogger’s sign in process however.

Or does it? Get this, i’m 30years old, studying creative digital communications 2nd year and supposedly got my finger on the IT pulse yet I cant even get started with a basic blog. What chance does average Joe, that does’nt spend 10-15 hours in front of a PC, stand. Kinda begs the question, Could blogs be made even easier in the first instance, or are they only to be used by people who have gravitated beyond the realms of email and ebay? 

Anyway (ah cool, black is back, even cooler that I almost qouted AC/DC there) Anyway I’m not average Joe, I’m Matt ‘Digital Comms’ Godfrey and wether I like it or not my tutor is telling me I’ve gotta set up a blog and post research and comments and stuff about my college work or face public stoning.

So I’m in class with the ever impressive Hattie sat to my left, I take a look over her shoulder and sure enough she’s flying with her blog in fact its more of a super blog. It looks like a bloody web site.  i’m sat there thinking I’ve really gotta up my game with this blog malarkie. (I still to this day think Hattie is a 35 year old I.T. mogul planted on the course by the college as a form of standard setter, a benchmark. In fact her name HATTIE is an anogram of HATE I.T. Dame Hate I.T. no less, Its a big wind up surely!!!)

Of course Hattie isnt using Blogger, why would she its far too basic, almost one dimensional in comparison to wordpress.com and i’ve got to be honest I wanted a piece of that action.

I set about making a wordpress blog right there and then. I was over the moon that MatthewGodfrey was available. I was starting to think this was meant to be. Word press had set aside a little bit of space, a digital glade with my name on it. All I had to do was sign up and claim it, Arghh, sign up!!! thats where fell foul of Blogger. Blogger was easy, basic, entry level and yet it sent me packing with my tail between my legs at the first opportunity. This was WordPress, endorsed by Dame Hate IT. I’m expecting difficulty of the same level as Steven Hawking physically solving a rubik’s cube.

Hi, This all seems very alien, but thinking back to starting up a facebook account I remember that being very alien to me at first and through regular use it slowly becomes second nature. So i’ll spend a little time putting this blog together and see how far I get!!!

Spk soon x

Matt