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Blogger Job Openings in Malaysia

January 25, 2008 by Danny

guy with laptop As usual, many in the West are now doing something us Malaysians fail to show value. One magazine thinks bloggers will be the force which could turnover the Malaysia elections. But I’m not interested in this political stuff right now. I’m more concerned if bloggers will have a job space in future.

I’m more interested to observe when our job classifieds will list; Blogger Wanted. There are a few in Malaysia who are currently hiring bloggers to blog for them. And clients I’m working with repeatedly ask, “who will be responsible to blog?”. While I would always say, “You will need to appoint someone in the company” I believe we have a qualified amount of people in Malaysia.

I'm Not A Writer, I'm A Blogger

January 23, 2008 by Danny

writing And you’d think; they are the same. Well, I think they are different. Unlike how Malaysians still believe graphic designers are website designers. Writers can write (obviously) but bloggers can’t write…like writers. Bloggers are the ‘freedom’ writers.

We have no limits or principles to follow when writing. In other words, bloggers can ignore the vocabulary and grammar if they so wish. Writers can’t help but require the perfection to their sentences or paragraphs. If the spelling is wrong, they have to edit it. If the grammar sounds horrible, they have to amend it.

Write More Than You Can Publish

January 22, 2008 by Danny

stack of files I’m kind of contradicting myself as I write this article. Simple explanation, this is going against an earlier article I wrote called; Delete Blog Drafts Older Than a Month. I wrote it because I had a number of posts in queue. They were structured points of the article I wanted to complete. So, I guess it’s not counted.

Back to the topic, writing (complete articles) more than you can publish on you blog is part of a blogging strategy. Obviously this lessens the element of surprise but having a queue of articles at your fingers is a large advantage. Think about it this way, before writers block kicks in…kick it first.

Do Malaysia Bloggers Take Day Offs?

January 21, 2008 by Danny

blogger holiday I’ve been experiencing nostalgic blogging moments the past couple of days. Plus, I’m half awake from a nap I took earlier. Due to the feeling of tiredness after waking up, the question popped into my head; do Malaysia bloggers take day offs or leaves?

Blogger burnout is easily experienced by any bloggers. Though it can drive you into an obsessive compulsive state (scary right?), I’ve mentioned before blogger burnout can be a good thing. And don’t worry about not blogging for 1-3 ‘working’ days.

Does The Time You Publish Your Blog Matter?

January 20, 2008 by Danny

statistics chart I started pondering over the question this morning. And I have to admit, with a refreshed state of mind I tend to think better. It occurred to me one of the things I consider whenever publishing to my blog is; the time. We are all ‘kiasu’ at some point by nature. So I keep thinking by publishing at the right time, I’ll generate the best of my traffic.

Therefore, I’m going to start tracking if the time really does matter when you publish. Then I’ll be able to say; the myth of time does matter when you publish is false! Not to mention, it’ll make me feel good and less troubled having to publish on the exact time continuously. We are humans for crying out loud.

Nuffnang Glitterati Exclusive or Not Program

January 19, 2008 by Danny

nuffnang gliterrati In the beginning of this month, Malaysia’s Advertlets online advertising company got themselves in a small mess. Their domain name (Advertlets.com) expired and wasn’t renewed causing massive chaos and retribution in the Malaysia blogosphere. As they struggled to recover, Nuffnang Malaysia rolled out an exclusive advertising program; Nuffnang Glitterati.

In short, Nuffnang publishers are given the opportunity to earn more and reap better benefits by joining this program. However, you may only qualify for the program if you publish only Nuffnang advertisements on your blog. When I read this, I pondered if this program really was about exclusivity or monopoly…or something else.

Professional WordPress Themes Are Never Free

January 18, 2008 by Danny

Updated: February 4, 2008
It seems not all buyers are too happy with the development of this wordpress theme package.

revolution wordpress theme And I have Brian Gardner to prove for it. When I first installed WordPress, the Kubrick theme didn’t cut it for me so I ended up using the Simpla WordPress theme first. Then after that, I noticed it wasn’t enough. Hence, I landed up with the Dropshadow WordPress theme when I first stumbled onto Brian Gardner.

However, even with Dropshadow I still wasn’t satisfied. Then I found something which reminded me of Khoi Vinh’s Subtraction. Brian Gardner created a WordPress theme called Whitespace. This theme reminded me of Subtraction due to its base colors of black and white, not so much the layout. Being a fan of Subtraction, I knew Whitespace was the one I was looking for. But right now, I’m thinking otherwise since my commenters have pointed out its critical weaknesses.

Youth Malaysia Exposes Bloggers Emails

January 16, 2008 by Danny

Being one of the bloggers who participated in the Youth08 Malaysia Dotcom Youth Search, all bloggers recently received a mass email from the organization. The sad predicament Youth Malaysia have themselves in now is they exposed 396 bloggers. I got the figure from HongKiat as I was just too lazy to start counting the number of email addresses residing in the CC line.

Once Hong Kiat pointed it out through the email, the bloggers (or website owners) have started a social group meeting. Come to think of it, bloggers (or website owners) who are using Gmail can be considered very fortunate. Why? It’s because Gmail lists emails as conversations. If you were running the normal Hotmail or Yahoo! Mail or your own personal email, you’ll be expecting a lot of repetitive email replies – one by one. Gosh!

December 2007 Online Consumer Trends

January 15, 2008 by Danny

statistics chart One of the things I find intriguing is the online consumer trends. Though the statistics may not reflect the consumer trends of Malaysia, it’s the overall picture online. My fascination with this trend proves the behavioral activities of an Internet user. For example; How do online consumers spend their time?

87%: Read email
70%: Search for information
64%: Do search
60%: Shop
37%: Use instant messaging

AllMalaysian Bloggers Project (AMBP) Starbucks Gathering

January 14, 2008 by Danny

Updated: January 18, 2008
The event coverage is finally up. If you’d like to view the full list of attendants (though it looks less), visit the AllMalaysian Bloggers Project (AMBP) Starbucks Gathering events page. Thanks, Michael.

allmalaysia bloggers project TheStar and the AllMalaysian Bloggers Project (AMBP) group recently organized a small bloggers gathering for the bloggers of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. It was hosted by Starbucks in the brand new; The Gardens, Midvalley. A quick note though is this isn’t the Starbucks in Borders. This outlet is the one next to the walkover from the old Midvalley to The Gardens.

There wasn’t any real agenda to the gathering unlike the Malaysia Bloggers Buff 2007 forum I attended. This was really a gathering of the great minds to let free their pressures and catch up with other bloggers. Okay, that was exaggerated.