Some thoughts came across my mind few days ago. Somehow, I suddenly realized blogging industry is similar to food selling industry. If it’s hard for you to relate both industries, read my opinions below.
1. Flexibility
Food hawker sell food at any place, anytime.
Blogger blogs any place, anytime too.
2. Content is the king
Consumers patronage certain hawker because of the food (content).
Readers support certain blogger because of the blog entries (content).
On March 31 2007, for one hour, Sydney made a powerful statement about the greatest contributor to global warming – coal-fired electricity – by turning off its lights. Over 2.2 million Sydney residents and over 2,100 businesses switched off, leading to a 10.2% energy reduction across the city. What began as one city taking a stand against global warming caught the attention of the world.
In 2008, 24 global cities will participate in Earth Hour at 8pm on March 29. Earth Hour is the highlight of a major campaign to encourage businesses, communities and individuals to take the simple steps needed to cut their emissions on an ongoing basis. It is about simple changes that will collectively make a difference – from businesses turning off their lights when their offices are empty, to households turning off appliances rather than leaving them on standby.
Last Saturday night I had a gathering with my ex-coursemates - Alex, Isabella, KuanYew, Kevin, Hwei Yee, and Kymberly at DaoRae. DaoRae is a Korean BBQ restaurant.
(Located in Taipan, opposite McDonald)
We ordered few plates of meats, very small portion dishes, soup, raw beef with egg and rice.
Kuan Yew, used to be our chef in our uni life… (Yew, I will remember your steak forever!)
Last week was a happening week to me. Year end season is always full of holidays, dinners, trips, concerts and of course project DEADLINE! And therefore my life during year end is always busy and fun.
PMT Group 5th anniversary dinner on 30th of November
PMT Group 5th anniversary dinner was held in International Pearl hotel. PMT Group was formed by PMT Sdn Bhd, Cerdik Bestari Sdn Bhd, Pelangi Multimedia Tuition Centre and Elgorithm Sdn Bhd.
Everyone has their own right to choose what costume to wear. It’s rare to see PMT staff wears formally as we can wear smart casual in office. Anyway, it’s actually a good opportunity to gather all the PMT Group family members and have a dinner together. Thank to everyone for making the night a really wonderful and memorable night.
Blogging is fun but when it involves typing, planning and checking, there are certain things I believe most bloggers will do in their “pre-blogging” stage. The following are the things I will do before I start writing a post.
Turn Off IM
Turn off all the chatting program like MSN messenger, Yahoo messenger and Skype before start blogging. Actually it’s not about people will message me while I am writing a post. But it’s because I like to maximize it and see who’s online, then minimize it back without sending any message. I can do that every 5 - 10 minutes if I am surfing web.
Turn Off Music
I am this kind of people who can get distracted by music easily. I can’t concentrate in thinking when there is a music on. Music or good songs can conquer my mind without any force. So I must turn off music before I start to blog. This even applied when I am doing programming in office.
Planning
Planning is important for us to write a fluent and readable article. Normally I will jot down all the points and keywords before I elaborate it. If necessary, a mind map will be done too.
Researching
Doing research is a must. The idea can’t just fall from sky. I need to get the information, statistics, official reports and references in order to get more details about the topic I am going to talk about.
Preparing Print Screen
To enhance a post’s readability, related images are always encouraged. Normally I will save an image from its official website or else I will print screen it from its reviews. Then, I will save it as png and upload it to my web hosting space.
Conclusion
So what do you do before you start writing a post? Share with me here.
The progress of re-building K-Director.com is kind of slow after 3 working days. I don’t deny that this re-structuring progress is as slow as like a tortoise. But I did have a real job and real deadline for my real project. Moreover, people like to say that “Quality things made with patient”.
OK. Less bullshit. Now talk about what I have done so far for my blog. If you’re going to start a new blog, this might be a good guide for you. At least, I re-design this site after 9 months of blogging. I know where to start correctly. It helps you to create a less mistake and more effective blog.
1. New Theme
As you see, this is a new theme for K-Director. This theme comes with 3 columns + 1 bottom row. At the top and bottom of sidebar, it merges 2 columns to 1 column. So I can insert a bigger size of widget up there and bottom there.
The font’s color, size and types have been changed too.
You can look for a free theme at http://themes.wordpress.net/. …»»Continue reading (Re)Building K-Director.com Blog - Phase 1
Ya. I am going to “redesign” K-Director.com. Several free themes have been choosen for this great experiment.
Beside that, I gonna deactivate and uninstall all the WP plugins that K-Director.com is using currently. The reinstallation of WP plugins will be carried on after the new theme has been selected.
After this redesign has been done successfully, I will tell you the reasons behind it.
Hopefully I can finish everything by tonight.
Wish me good luck!
Update: I don’t think I can settle everything by tonight. But at least the theme has been set. I will continue doing it when I am free (recently rushing a company project and it almost “take my breathe away“).
Few days ago I came across this post in LiewCF.com. I think instead of helping him to look for a girlfriend online, it’s better to point out the reasons “Why a blogger who earns 30k – 50k per month couldn’t get a girlfriend”.
Below are the reasons:
No social life
For someone who works alone at home, his social circumstance has been limited. How often does LiewCF step out his front door except collecting his cheque from mail box? I doubt that…
In order to know more girls, it’s good to know more friends. It just likes friends-get-friends campaign. The more friends you have (I mean new friends, neither your primary nor secondary school old farts), the more chances you have to meet your Mrs Wrong Right. Human lives together in organized groups or similar close aggregates.
So, don’t just stay at home. Go out and hug the wonderful world.
This afternoon I went to Subang visited my friend - Tony’s boutique, T & C Vintage ,which was launched last month. It located in Subang, SS15/8B. Somewhere near to Subang Inti College.
Address : 24, Jln SS15/8B, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor.
The shop lot is not too big but it actually contains more than 1000 clothes, jeans and pants. He is mostly selling second hand original branded t-shirt, collar shirt, jeans, office attires and etc.
Here are the brands that can be found in his shop: Polo Ralph Lauren
Tommy Hilfiger
Fred Perry
Lacoste
Hard Rock
Nike
Adidas
Nautica
Levi’s
Have you noticed I make a simple change on the top in my single page? Actually I just recycle the graphics I created long time ago.
Long long time ago…
Many of you might have no idea how did I start k-director.com. I was very active in a Director forum named domaj.com. After few years of answering and replying director users’ questions, the admin of the site - Tony Domigan, decided to reward me on helping him so much.
So, he offered a free domain name+1 free web hosting plan. And I decided to make something about Director too, that’s why u see my domain is k-director.com. K is my name(kay) in case you don’t know. …»»Continue reading The Suppose-To-Be of K-Director.com
He is mostly selling second hand original branded t-shirt, collar shirt, jeans, office attires and etc.
