Reading Darren Rowse’s Speedlinking 22 post, I found out I had a lot to learn about blogging more effectively.

For one, I found out that this site misses at least 6 of the Seven characteristics of good domain names. As launch time approaches, I can’t help feeling nervous that the rules I unknowingly broke will turn readers away from my site. In my defense,

1. Domain names for such a blog are hard to come by, especially if you’re trying to keep it short (on second thought, I should have stuck with “www.thirdworldengineer.com“).
2. I was influenced by a couple of other blogs, including Waiter Rant and Problogger, into choosing the .net extension.

On the other hand, I found good advice on The Three C’s of blogging. I’m determined to prove that following the basics will have much better impact than an unglamorous domain name.

That said, I’ve made more steps towards improving this site. I’ve been learning how to use some image editing software for images on the blog. In addition, working on developing web-based software (my current 9 to 5) allows me to polish up my skills on the presentation level.

For all my readers, look out for more improvements (both in content and visuals) in the days to come!