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Where I’m heading

Comments are off because this was not written to fish for encouragement or praise or “don’t go”s. —————————— I’m teetering. Teetering on the edge of going casual. Or quitting. Or taking a break that works for a while but then I come back later but it’s not the same so I quit again. I really

Public service announcement

A few public service announcements.

Why do you blog? Why do you subscribe to blogs?

A comment against my previous post got me thinking about why we blog, and what we like in a blog (and perhaps what turns us off). This blog is not a business; it generates zero revenue, and therefore I have no financial motivation to worry about optimising it to catch as much traffic and business

Quickies for Maintenance day

A round up of “I really should mention that on my blog” snippets for the week: [...]

Keeping your readers happy: Mobilising your blog

I had no idea that my enormous walls of text were causing issues for mobile users.

And why would I? I never browse on my mobile (nor do I want to start – I don’t need another avenue to enable my net addiction). I never even think about doing it. My stuff is designed for and aimed at good old desktop computer users, preferably with a monitor larger than 15″ (sorry notebook users), and I didn’t even give mobile users a thought.

Until I started getting pleas on Twitter to PLEASE do something to make reading TBJ on the run a little less painful.

Audio post: straightening something out

This is an audio post in response to one that was written about me and my recent post about offensive language. I felt that it misrepresented me and was presented in a snarky, mocking tone, which was unfair. I had closed off the original conversation because I felt that it had run its course, but also because I was constantly wondering if there were new responses/arguments, and it was just getting to the point that I needed to let it go. [...]

Thank you

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who stopped by to read this week. Thank you to all of you who linked my article on Facebook, in your journals, in other communities. Thank you everyone who put it on their guild forums. Thanks for posting it (bravely!!!!) on the official forums. Thanks for