I’ve been ROAR!ed!
Beaman (of Bazaar fame) has given me a ROAR! award for powerful words. Cheers, I’m chuffed. I’d like to point out, though, that I’m not an “architecturally inclined Yorkshireman”, I’m a stranger in a strange land, trouble at mill, eckythump, on Ilkley moor Bah’Tat, it’ll be reet tha nose…
I’m actually a stranger from Geordieland Howay the lads, divent dunchus, Hinny, pet, whey’s buggered the bandit? gizasniffoyafrontbum etc.
What makes a good blog? I cannot do better than repeat the blog 101 I saw the other day, namely;
- err…
- I can’t remember
- where I saw it!!
OK, I’ll make my own three up
- Be authoritative- don’t write about what you don’t understand
- Be opinionated- convey your own take on it
- Be impassioned- say it because you care for it
There is also number four- be prepared to break the first three rules!
My first inclination was to pass this on to Blogpowerers but I’m going to pass this on to five non-blogpower bloggers as this will inevitably get given to many of the BP community anyway.
The first goes to Womble on Tour, who says what he thinks and despite being new on the block, has just reached his 100th post.
The second goes to Chip Dale, who is living the dream, although he seems to be going through a period of blogger soul-searching at the moment.
The third goes to Fabian Tassano who is on a pre-christmas break but when blogging has a brain the size of a planet.
The fourth goes to Brian Micklethwait, someone who I regret not reading every time I rediscover his blog or see a post of his on Samizdata. His style is much less in your face than may Libertarians but he can come out with some real wize words.
My final victim awardee is Scott Adams (The Dilbert Bloke) for his ever controversial, ever entertaining blog (although the Bastard Operator from Hell came close).
UPDATE: The Blogger 101 I mentioned is over at Nobody Important…
Hey, thanks, Shades ! I’m most touched !
Comment by Womble On Tour — December 4, 2007 @ 10:06 pm
Congratulations Shades. I saw this at Beaman’s and wondered where he came up with that description of you. It seems you all regionalize yourselves, you Englishmen, so I guess the EU is using different boundaries that are putting you all up in the boughs.
I like your rules a lot, but they don’t quite fit me. Well one I follow religiously. I wish I felt confident enough to follow two and three.
Comment by jmb — December 5, 2007 @ 4:45 am
You’re not a Yorkshireman? Phew! I will visit your blog more often then!
Comment by Beaman — December 5, 2007 @ 1:46 pm
Womble, you are welcome, I’m pleased to see you have passed it on.
We Brits don’t Regionalise ourselves, we County ourselves. The same way as you Merkins express your State, really, but we are a much more crowded island.
Beaman, regardless of my heritage, you remain a Lancastrian, and you therefore have my pity…
Comment by Shades — December 6, 2007 @ 12:08 am
I’m not a Merkin, we Canadians have provinces not states and mine, BC, could hold about 7 Englands with some left over.
Comment by jmb — December 6, 2007 @ 2:45 am