Usability tips for bloggers

Not claiming to be an expert in blogging (can one be that, anyway?) but I'm sure I could teach many bloggers out there about some web usability.

Isn't it a shame when you've got a great content on one side, and a "blog design" on the other side so terrible people have to look away.
I don't care what somebody says, but blue font on black background is not cool, it's just C-R-U-E-L to my eyes, nothing more.

This post has been written mainly out of frustration but I'll make it worthwhile to those who desperately need some guidance.

And if you know about a website, a page or even a small book (it would have to be free) that will benefit these unfortunate newborn bloggers to stop terrorizing people, please post a comment and I'll gladly update this post.

I, for one, often return to one source for usability guidelines over and over again: http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/.
Definitely bookmark this one. Better yet, read it :)

P.S. This doesn't apply only to bloggers, sadly...

Posted on March 25, 2008 ~ Write a comment


Try not - do! There is no try

“Try not. Do, or do not, there is no try.”

~ Yoda in episode V of the Star Wars series

No I'm not a huge fan of the Star Wars. I liked what I've watched of the series, but I'm not that huge of a fan - okay, I'm more of a Star Trek fan if really you need to know.

But I digress once again. I just found this quote and thought how good it is and how I should memorize it.

Actually, I'm gonna try to explain it a bit further: Michael Licenblat mentioned it in his article where he talks about the assumptions we make of ourselves and how these same assumptions influence "what we try, achieve and believe" about ourselves.

And talking about our assumption of our own ability, he goes to explain that ability itself is irrelevant and only our assumptions about our ability will decide the degree of ability we exert.

In a sense, if we believe we can do it, we're more likely to do it than if we didn't believe it. That's so true. And now we're back to what Henry Ford once said, and what I mentioned last time:

“Whether you believe you can do it or not, you are right.”

There's so much to this principle but I'll cover it in more detail at another occasion. For now I'll let you read Michael Licenblat's article.

I often catch myself doing that mistake, only trying something until the resistance gets too big.

I'll try (pun intended) to do more than just try from now on.

Posted on March 16, 2008 ~ Write a comment


Pessimism Never Won Any Battle

“Pessimism never won any battle.”

~ Dwight David Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States.

I always like to tell other people there's no point in thinking negative and always try to think positive myself.

Never really could explain to them *why* there's any point in thinking positive (this sentence sounds a bit negative, don't you think so?).

I don't know. I guess it always was a no-brainer to me and I would like to but I tend to not understand why certain people think negative most of the time.

Is it fear? Are they so called "experienced optimists"? Even so, I think sometimes you have to make a willing effort for thinking positively about something. I do this sometimes too.

I'm not talking being unrealistic, but believing in yourself and instead of giving up, questioning your abilities and asking yourself what else you CAN do -- to get to the positive outcome.

I think Henry Ford best summed it up when he said:

“Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.”


Posted on March 08, 2008 ~ Write a comment


Time-sensitive and revealing information here

Mark Joyner is releasing another Simpleology course.

Best Selling Author

While I have no desire to become a best-selling author, at least not yet, you may want to take this opportunity. Head over to his website to get more information. He's got this blueprint for becoming a best-selling Amazon author that made him do it 4 times so far.

But if you're like me and have no interest in writing a book soon and becoming a best-selling author, then by all means hurry up to at least snatch this free eBook he's giving away as part of the promotion (I'm not sure but he may pull it off once the new course is released today, on 26th of February PM Eastern time).

I apologize for such a short notice but I wanted to at least read the eBook to see of what value it is, and as you probably know how it goes: so many things to do, yet so little time to do it...

In this book, The Rise of The Author, he not only talks about the author but he talks about the these Technology Binds and gives (at least he gave me) another interesting view on for example Microsoft's success, and it's probable doom by Google, all explained through these Technology Binds.

Some truly revealing information in there...

Since I don't have time to write more about it at the moment I recommend you read that eBook yourself ASAP, even if you don't come from a publishing world.

Posted on February 26, 2008 ~ Write a comment


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