Tag Archives: blogging

Five things I hate about blogging

Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 by Avitable

Saw this over here at SoMi Speaks. SoMi wrote about a post she had read where the author challenged people to write interesting content by discussing a viewpoint counter to your typical opinion. She chose to write about reasons to … Continue reading →

Posted in Rants | Tagged blogging, blogs, blogspot, buy her, hate, hate about blogging, lazy, negative, rant, somi's nilsa, somispeaks, twitter | 245 Comments

Avitable: Tshirt Whore

Posted on Sunday, June 28, 2009 by Avitable

Have you ever thought to yourself, “Self, I wish there was a T-shirt out there that demonstrated that I was tech-savvy, perverted, clever, punny, trendy, and classy”? Well, now your dreams have been answered! Available in men’s and women’s sizes! … Continue reading →

Posted in Whoring | Tagged avitable, blogging, shirts, t-shirts, tweeting, twitter, Whoring, zazzle | 32 Comments

5 Years of Avitable and the World Hasn’t Ended Yet.

Posted on Thursday, June 18, 2009 by Avitable

Today’s post marks five years of blogging for me. 1,700 posts. 40,000 comments. One million visitors. When I first started blogging, Blog Explosion and Battle of the Blogs were two ways that people found out about new blogs to read. … Continue reading →

Posted in Serious stuff | Tagged anniversary, apple, avitable, blogging, blogiversary, contest, free stuff, giveaway, ipod, ipod touch, sappy | 455 Comments

Steal This Shirt!

Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 by Avitable

Every blogger knows that any conversation or activity can turn into something worth blogging or tweeting. You might as well put your family and friends on notice! The back of shirt is customizable with your own URL so that they … Continue reading →

Posted in CYR, Whoring | Tagged avitable, blogging, CYR, t-shirts, talkshoe, twitter, Whoring, zazzle | 39 Comments

Blog Anal. ysis.

Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 by Avitable

According to WordPress, today is my 1500th post. Since starting to blog in June 2004, I’ve written 589,763 words. I’ve received 31,223 comments. My commenters have written 1,105,343 words. According to Typealyzer, my blog’s Myers-Briggs personality type is ISTP – … Continue reading →

Posted in CYR, General | Tagged advice, analysis, avitable, blog stats, blogging, CYR, dear-abby, milestones, talkshoe | 37 Comments

Spreading the bloggy love

Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 by Avitable

I’m exhausted tonight and watching Fringe almost put me to sleep, so instead of writing a post, I’m going to point you to a few people on my feed reader that you might be missing out on. These are just … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggers, CYR | Tagged avitable, Bloggers, blogging, CYR, talkshoe | 43 Comments

Stagnant

Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 by Avitable

Sometimes I feel like this blog has been treading water. I don’t mean slow days. Everyone has days where they don’t feel like posting, and the smart ones just don’t post those days. Then there is an idiot like me … Continue reading →

Posted in Serious stuff | Tagged avitable, blogging, stagnation | 79 Comments

Things I hate about your blog

Posted on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 by Avitable

The definition of “your” that should be applied is one that applies to the blogosphere as a whole. 1. You have some type of video or music that plays automatically when I visit. 2. You haven’t tested your blog in … Continue reading →

Posted in Serious stuff | Tagged avitable, blogging, blogs, critiques, reviews | 118 Comments

The Great Interview Experiment

Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 by Avitable

Before I get to today’s post, don’t forget about yesterday’s contest. All you need to do is pick out the seven pop culture references I mention. The contest doesn’t end until tonight at midnight, so you still have a chance … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggers | Tagged avitable, Bloggers, blogging, citizen-of-the-month, contest, contests, feral-mom, gone-feral, great-interview-experiment | 41 Comments