Dion Moult Seriously who ever reads this description.

hessiess says: (21 July 2009)

Nice and simple, I like it ;)

Dion Moult says: (21 July 2009)

Wow, hey thanks :)

Marvin says: (21 July 2009)

Which social networking craze are you referring to?
You know, there used to be a time where people used blog as a diary and tell their feelings everyday to the whole world too.

So telling what’s on your mind or what are you doing now on sites like facebook and twitter is just the evolving process of internet users.
While I do agree with you and I’m not as comfortable as telling the world what I’m doing every single hour, I think we can look at the new social networking tools as a platform for other things, depending on individuals.

Now that blogs evolved into categories like food, politics, technology or business, the same can be seen in social networking sites too.

No matter what, you make your own online identity. :-)

Simple is great, that’s how Google won the search war in the first place. LOL…

Dion Moult says: (21 July 2009)

I’m referring to most social networks that exist out there. I use Twitter as an announcement RSS feed, not to tell what went in my sandwich this morning.

It’s true, blogs are evolving to be more categorical – I see this as a bad thing but then again, you _do_ make your own online identity.

hari says: (21 July 2009)

To me, I write not merely thoughts, but also useful stuff that deserves to be categorized and be easily accessible in the future.

What you call as a random collection of thoughts, is to me a collection of writings.

I suppose being an amateur occasional writer myself, I approach the whole blog thing in a different angle. I value my writings too much to just allow it to dissipate over time. That’s why I categorize and make available everything easily. I even wrote my own blog system for the very purpose of easy archival and accessibility. Something that WP and other traditional blogging systems make so difficult.

So my “blog” is actually a simple personal CMS but appears as a blog because of the way the articles are arranged.

hari says: (21 July 2009)

And also I think you’ve confused in this about social networking issue to some extent with the “categorization” craze. Neither are totally related to each other, though social bookmarking sites often use “global tags” to allow finding articles of similar nature.

I request you not to dismiss categorization as “unworthy” outside of social bookmarking. It helps a lot to keep track of what we’re writing about and why we write. Over time you may even find it useful…

Dion Moult says: (21 July 2009)

Hari, I took a peek at your site and subscribed via my feed reader. Could you actually show the post itself in the feed instead of a short description? It really saves time and is more convenient.

But yes, I agree when you say a blog can also be a collection of writings. I think in the future I shall also every so often post about useful tips and tricks so I won’t forget it.

Unfortunately I don’t really have the time to code a blog system so I guess I’m stuck with WordPress for a while. I can’t seem to be able to know how to categorise my posts as they do seem to branch off into the depths of infinity – so I’ve deleted that altogether. Whatever works, then! As for archival, I’ll probably add that search bar again and see how well it works.

hari says: (21 July 2009)

Hi, Dion,

The reason I’ve not put the whole feed in the RSS is simple:

1. I do not wish to expose my content in a format that can be easily ripped off by unscrupulous social bookmarking sites and sploggers. This has happened in the past and since then I stopped doing it. The inconvenience is regretted.

2. I did not wish to waste the bandwidth of people who can choose to read whatever they want to in detail.

3. Embedded HTML in RSS is really a hackery and RSS is never meant to serve HTML content. RSS readers don’t necessarily have to understand and render HTML. The “description” field is just that: something that describes the contents of the story and not the story itself. I try to stick to standards when possible. :)

Dion Moult says: (21 July 2009)

Sounds good to me and well reasoned.

hari says: (21 July 2009)

I hope that you’ll continue reading though :)

I once (when I used WordPress) used to publish entire post in the RSS once but I just found too many of my “keyword friendly” articles on other sites.

Yes, stopping full feed in RSS won’t stop the stealers, but will at least make it less automated.

p. says: (21 July 2009)

lovely.minimalist design.

Dion Moult says: (21 July 2009)

Hari, yes I did notice some other sites sneaking trackbacks on my more keyword-happy posts. All the same I couldn’t care less personally.

p.: thanks :)

sick says: (22 July 2009)

Really nice design, I love it! ^_^

I did something similar for a portfolio mockup a couple of months ago.

Dion Moult says: (22 July 2009)

Cheers thanks!

Josh Wilkinson says: (8 August 2009)

So, I recently trashed my computer with scores of viruses and awful beasties. I then reloaded Windows and got back up to date with some websites after months of disuse. What do I see when I come here? A whole new redesign, a new website creation in alpha mode and more posts than you can shake a stick at. My, you’ve been busy. Though it might not seem it. Still haven’t read all your posts I missed, only since about May time.

I like the redesign, I’ve always been a fan of simplicity in beauty. In my opinion, it needs a ‘newer posts, older posts’ link at the top too, as you read from bottom to top when catching up on old posts. Very nice though, deserves a pat on the back.

Google Wave looks pretty awesome too, followed your link on here. Some mad stuff going on in the Google house, but I don’t think the average Joe will move from MSN to be honest, so I think you’re fairly safe for now. The OS system could be a step on the ladder to ‘net domination though. Watch out :D

Dion Moult says: (8 August 2009)

Hey thanks :) I’ve added the Older Posts – Newer Posts links at the top of the page as well now.

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