Nevan Scott · What Makes for a Good Blog?

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What Makes for a Good Blog?

This blog meets none of Merlin Mann’s criteria.

# · Web

Frequently given answers

I go to Sarah Lawrence College.
My middle name is Forbes.
My favorite web font is Georgia.
Yes, my about page needs to be updated.
Here’s my résumé.

Writing

Projects

The Person
CSS Tutorials – Learn CSS visually (drafts)
Sadie Lou – SLC’s student website
Fawkward – Who knows?
Sherlock Holmes

Friends

Sites I read

Blogs I read

The Daily Dish by Andrew Sullivan
Daring Fireball by John Gruber
Subtraction by Khoi Vinh
Kottke.org by Jason Kottke

Podcasts I like

Software I like

TextWrangler – Text Editor by Bare Bones Software
Cyberduck – FTP Client by David V. Kocher
Aquisition – P2P by Dave Watanabe
Spotlight – Instant Safari Search by Dave Watanabe
Textpattern – Elegant Blogging/CMS Platform by Dean Allen, et. al.
Chyrp – Simple Blogging Engine by Alex Suraci
Things – Task Management by Cultured Code

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