What is the name of your Blog?Peter Cruickshank
What is your name?
Peter Cruickshank
Where are you from? (include country, state and/or city)
Canada
What is your current age or age range?
24
Please describe your blog
This is the website of Peter Cruickshank, a freelance photographer and opensource C++ programmer in Canada.
Describe the main purpose of your blogging, what are you trying to accomplish?
Communicate my programming learning experiences, and share my photography.
What blogging platform do you do and why?
Blogger, because it offers free domain hosting and integration with other Google services.
What do you blog the most about?
photography and programming
What kind of blogs make you angry?
personal emotional ones
Give five of your best blogging tips.
1. Blog often 2. Explore other people's blogs, and give them feedback 3. Blog about topics of relevance 4. Network with other bloggers in the same field 5. Examine your options well before putting ads on the blog
What are some things you would NEVER blog about?
my personal life
Did you start blogging for the purpose of making money and if so, are you making enough money?
no I didn't, and right now I make nothing
How long have you been blogging?
a couple months
About how many hours per day do you spend blogging?
maybe one or two
Do you track RSS feeds and if so, how many do you usually track daily?
sometimes, but not too often
Do you use Digg, and why or why not?
yes, it is a big interest for me
Do you use Stumbleupon, and why or why not?
no, i don't have time for everything
What promotional techniques work best for you and why?
submitting to directories, and buying a professional domain
If you could post a blog on any blog in the world, which one would it be and why?
my own, since I like to have control of my own posts
What mistakes have you made that you could warn others about?
I didn't buy my domain soon enough to get the .com one! Get your domain now!
What are your top five blogging site picks and why?
http://fosswire.com/ http://www.phoronix.com/ http://aseigo.blogspot.com/ http://ianmurdock.com/ http://www.markshuttleworth.com/
I like these, because they present really exciting stuff in the open source world.
Have you met anyone offline as a result of your blog?
no
What is the url of your blog?
Peter Cruickshank
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