March 28, 2003
finding your voice...
it’s interesting that blogging is now popular enough to have inspired tips and advice type guides like this excellent one at NSLog. I am obviously pretty new at this and guides like this are exceedingly helpful.
I also must say, as someone that appreciates fine design, even a newbie like myself can appreciate the elegance of the MovableType software. A finely made tool is truly a joy to use (and I barely know 5% of its capabilities).
Regarding blog tone, it’s interesting, especially if you are a somewhat private person, to attempt to write in your own natural voice and at the same time strike the right balance in terms of the personal and public… to write naturally but also be somewhat self-sensoring regarding just how intimate a tone to adopt. This is where keeping your audience in mind is important. This is seemingly easy for me at the moment because being brand new I am fairly sure I have no audience. :)