nablopomo

Last year was fun, but I don't think I'll be doing NaBloPoMo again this year. Maybe I'll focus on writing one solid blog post this month instead. :)

i've got a ribbon for all y'all—see it at the top right corner of my screen. if you can host the image on your own server, that would be cool, otherwise feel free to link to mine.

you should be able to copy and paste that into any post on your blog. if that doesn't work, add it to your header or footer.

here's th' code:

<div>
  <map name="imgmap" id="imgmap">
    <area shape="poly" coords="1,1,50,1,150,100,150,150" href="http://nablopomo.ning.com/" alt="NaBloPoMo"/>
  </map>
  <img width="150" height="150" style="border:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;position:absolute;right:0px;top:0px;z-index:10;" src="http://public.justinhileman.info/images/blog/blopomo.gif" alt="I won NaBloPoMo!" usemap="#imgmap"/>
</div>

if you want it to match your blog instead of mine, request additional colors in the comments :-)

a couple of thoughts on National Blog Posting Month

first, i now know never to try national novel writing month. i'd never get anywhere. i wrote far too many "just before midnight" posts to fool myself into thinking i could actually write a book in a month.

second, i should prob'ly limit my blog posts a bit, as i tend to post more random junk when i'm trying to post often. one solid post each week would be a good goal from here on out.

third, sometimes it takes a goal to get you moving. i wanted to tweak the style of this site for a while, but it wasn't until i had to look at it every day that i actually made time to do it. i also added a few new content types: images, quotes, and links. so for all my good intentions, it took a goal of making daily posts to actually take action on my intent.

overall, it's been a good month. i think. but then i'm not the one that had to read all these random posts.

what do you think? should i do NaBloPoMo next year, or have you had enough?

thanks for sticking out the month :-)

to everyone:

i'm not quite sure how i feel about national blog posting month... the month's almost over, and i set a goal to actually post every day, but i think it's just encouraging me to post less meaningful stuff.

not that my blog is ever that meaningful.

but you know what i mean. it's almost turning my blog into a twitter feed. and if you wanted that, you would just subscribe to my twitter feed. so if you're tired of this, just wait out the rest of the month and i promise i'll start posting stuff that matters.

love you,
justin

i think this thing needs a bit more contrast... and it's looked the same for a while, so i'm kinda tired of it. i wanted to get it done before NaBloPoMo, but school and work conspired against me. it's almost done though: check it out and let me know what you think...

note: i know it's broken in IE6. if you still use that, you should be kicked. i'll fix it later