Wordpress Is Winning Me Over

I think Wordpress is winning me over

It is quite simply, a far easier and far more intuitive tool than Blogger

There are some things over there that Blogger could do that would tempt me into staying put, but I doubt they are very likely.

As it stands I will probably continue to write on both for the time being, but I can't see that lasting very long, unless I get really inspired and end up having one or the other dedicated to a specific topic.

I Have Too Much Time On My Hands

I keep starting things that I can't finish, or that there is no point in starting.

I am currently testing out Wordpress.com, to see if their blogging tools are easier to use than those provided here with blogger (a.k.a. the evil google). Check out my test blog - http://fuckmedead.wordpress.com

Why? Because I have time on my hands, no readers here, and I'm bored.

I'm also thinking about buying a domain name and getting a free webhost to see how that might go. It is cheap enough these days to buy a domain name that almost everyone can afford one. Even a dole bludger like myself.

Aside from that I still have my projects on the go. Still researching the best/easiest to setup OS for a file/print/media server. Awaiting delivery of a wireless bridge (can you believe there was not one in any shop I visited) to hook my new Xbox/Media Centre into the network.

I have a couple of personal (read: not worth telling people about) projects on the go, so I have plenty to do, but still way too much time on my hands.

Lifehacker Will Be The Death Of Me

I have only recently discovered the tech tips and tricks/productivity blog lifehacker, but its already killing me. There is such a huge variety of small projects, tech tips, freeware downloads, and general advice for getting things done (they love David Allen's productivity framework "Getting Thins Done"), that it is just going to kill me. In the last hour I have gone from organising my harddrive to organising my filing cabinet, to eliminating cord clutter to building a linux based media server (which is actually one thing I really want to do).

There is just so much to read and do and download on that website it boggles my mind sometimes.

I don't even really understand my attraction to it. I am a lazy, disorganised slob, who tends not to care too much about clutter and mess, so it is almost as though I am reading it just for the sake of having something to read.

Web 2.0?

Can someone please explain to me what this Web 2.0 business is? From my understanding it is basically an increased level of interactivity with the internet, and other users. I guess what that means to me is that web 2.0 encapsulates a whole lot of what we all do on the internet without realizing it.

The internet used to be static. You would put something online, and people could read/look at it, take what they wanted, and continue on their merry way surfing the internet. These days we have things like Facebook and Myspace (both of which I am an avid user), social bookmarking tools (i.e. del.icio.us and the like), blogs and things such as second life (which I can honestly say I have never even contemplated using, let alone looked at/explored what it does). You can interact with people in a much more personal manner, and let your opinions be known without having to know how to design a website from scratch, and without knowing a dozen different web languages.

I’m only just beginning to understand the uses for certain aspects of the new internet. In particular I am only just beginning to get to know social bookmarking, specifically del.icio.us. I have tried to gain an understanding of it a number of times (I am sure that I have about 10 accounts there), but have never quite been able to integrate it into my daily internet activity. I can understand the uses for it to some extent. It allows you to organize your bookmarks in a much more meaningful way than internet explorer ever will (yes I still use IE, and version 6 no less – I don’t like the new interface or tabbed browsing), and the ability to share your bookmarks with others via the internet, and even remote access to your bookmarks if you are at another computer.

I still can’t get used to using it though. I am much more likely to simply ctrl+D a webpage I want to come back to, and organize my favorites at a later time. It is limiting, but it is what I know, and that makes it much more comfortable to me. I guess that in the end that’s what my lack of understanding of Web 2.0 comes down to, a lack of ability to adapt to the new internet, and almost a fear of it. I can see the uses to it, but I am too comfortable in my habits to want to change.

I guess in the end though, I will have to adapt if I want to keep up with the technologies out there.