Comments on: Your little slice of digital heaven

By: Personal Blog Design: 10 Essential Elements – Dutch Problogger

Personal Blog Design: 10 Essential Elements – Dutch Problogger — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:25:29 +0000

[...] addiction together.1. Go over the topThe first one is actually a mind-set. Your personal blog is your little slice of digital heaven. It’s all yours, and you can do with it whatever you want. So go wild! Go over the top! Show [...]

By: joscha

joscha — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:48:20 +0000

King of Cult, that doesn’t sound too bad at all! Thank you for this post, I only just discovered it.

By the way so far my blog has brought me some great comments, one comming from the story executive from The Incredibles and just this week I attended the opening reception of the Three Trees Make a Forrest exhibition in Paris, all thanks to my blog!

I only wish I had followed your advice to start blogging a bit sooner.

By: Ernst-Jan Pfauth

Ernst-Jan Pfauth — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:23:01 +0000

You’re absolutely right David! I should add some practical tips on how to get started as well. I’ll update this post this week.

By: David Petherick

David Petherick — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:35:18 +0000

Just caught up with this – excellent piece EJ. I’ll be referring people to this.

One point I think worth adding is that you should try to ensure that you own your own slice with a domain name that points to your chosen blog platform – and if you have the technical skill, (it’s not rocket science) host your own blog, to make sure that you really have the keys to the gates of heaven.

The best domain name to choose? Probably your own name.

By: Ernst-Jan Pfauth

Ernst-Jan Pfauth — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:26:29 +0000

@Johan, you’re absolutely right!

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By: Sacha Post

Sacha Post — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:26:37 +0000

@Ernst-Jan: I’d be very interested in that… if you can find some time for that, though ;)

By: Johan

Johan — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:05:43 +0000

‘Working process’ = ‘work in progress’, or am I wrong?

By: Ernst-Jan Pfauth

Ernst-Jan Pfauth — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:12:23 +0000

Thanks for the kind words guys! I’m glad you added your remarks to the discussion.
@Jerry and Sacha Post, I think it takes one afternoon, three cups of coffee and a good mood to make a good start. Trust me, it so much fun.

Should I add a few words to the post, or some sort of time schedule?

By: Sacha Post

Sacha Post — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:21:28 +0000

Good post. Summarizes everything you’ve said (and thaught me) so far.

I find it quite difficult to keep track of all those creative assests in my digital life. I still have a lot of catching up to do, but how nice would it be to say: just visit my blog. There you can read my thoughts, see my video’s, watch my photo’s, scan my resume, check out the books I read, the music I listen to, the sites I surf, and follow me on everything what I do (and everything my friends do)…

How far should we actually go? Do we have time to keep track? Or should we be doing something creative instead?

Besides that, I totally agree that it’s very important to have a rich digital portfolio if you’re in the creative industry. And that it’s necessary to keep publishing for people to come back. Keep posting :-)