7/17/2008 11:57:34 AM

"The first idea was to create, ( I mean program ) my blog but I found myself whether too lazy or too busy to code it. At the end of the day Blogger.com satisfied my expectations."

That's totally how I do it, too

I wanted to code my own blogging platform, but eventually just went with a package.

It's *so* tempting to code your own engine for this sort of thing. There's always something lacking about someone else's design.

My idea is an ASP.NET based system (that's huge for me) with a DB back end, but the simplicity of DasBlog's architecture. Community Server is horribly overdone - much more complex than it needs to be. Still, it works.

Anyway, I saw your comment on my site:

"Because of you I created my own blog... and I am happy about that."

*THANK YOU* - it's an honor to be told something like that. It really, really, *really* is.

I'll dedicate one of the upcoming episodes of The Smartest Man in the World to you as a "thank you"

I hope you have fun with this. Don't pressure yourself to produce content. Some people feel like they have to post ten times a week - Scoble had written a lot of stuff, telling bloggers that if they don't post all the time, that they'll fail.

They might not get Scoble's notoriety, but they aren't failing. When you're doing what you want to do, there's no failing.

Just have fun
Rory

Rory Blyth