31 Days to a Better Blog - Day 5
8 August, 2007 — fmclean
Conduct an About Page Audit
The fact that I have been a few days behind doing my tasks has meant that I have been able to see what tasks are coming up. This task of Conducting an About Page Audit has been looming for a while and something I have been putting off even before the 31 day project.
Evidently the About page is one that is regularly visited by new readers and I must admit that I do have a look when visiting a new blog to find who is behind it all.
So this is what I have so far and I will just keep building on it as I go through the rest of the 31 days. I will also have to dig out a photo to add.
Hi my name is Frances McLean and I write My Technology Addictions. This is just a place where I can write about the things that I am interested in in the wide realm of technology.
I’m am Australian and live in Western Australia. I am married and have 3 teenage children. I work as a Information Technology lecturer at TAFE in Western Australia where I teach a wide range of subjects and levels. I also deliver PD(Professional Development) for staff members and have recently been involved in developing Assessment tools for staff to use on PDA’s(Portable Digital Assistants)
I have always dabbled in things related to IT from web development in the late 1990’s to software development. Over the past few years I have started developing software for mobile devices, specifically Windows based PDA’s (Portable Digital Assistants). This has lead to delivering this content to programming students at Diploma level at TAFE.
One of the best things that I have found with being involved in a blog is the feeling of community and the people you meet as I keep posting different articles. I decided early on that I was not going to try and post every day as it would be too much but on occasions you will see that I have done this. it is all a matter of when it suits I will post, if family or work commitments get in the way then so be it.
I have started a What’s That? page to help new visitors and people who are new to blogs. At the moment it has a few videos but will be building on this.
8 August, 2007 at 10:38 pm
This is where I think our pro blogger friend is wrong in a way. Sure put details about you on the blog, but if it s a professional blog keep the details about you on a professional, resume like level.
Even on a personal blog, keep it focused on you only.
I might talk about me but I wouldn’t mention the town (if small) that I live in or anything about my family at all, if in fact I have one to speak off.
For me that is personal information that pertains to others. And may have direct impact on them . So I don’t really have the right to discuss about them in a public forum such as a blog.
8 August, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Gary I agree with you and I won’t be putting anymore specifics that I have. I consider this to be more of a personal blog than professional. My professional things on another web site
Thanks for your continued support and comments.
Frances
9 August, 2007 at 1:21 pm
[...] in the 31 Day Blogging Challenge: Michele Martin, Alex Miller, Brent Mackinnon, Cammy Bean, Frances McLean, Kate Foy, Kate Quinn , Laura Whitehead, Nancy Riffer, Smoke Free Wisconsin , Sue Waters , Eklavya, [...]
9 August, 2007 at 9:46 pm
I really thought the About me page would be easy but it was such a hard task. Spent a long time on it - then Alex said she would have liked more pictures - so spent more time on it. Not sure if she likes the more pictures.
Beginning to lose track of who has said what now.
Sue
15 August, 2007 at 10:22 pm
[...] in the 31 Day Blogging Challenge: Michele Martin, Alex Miller, Brent Mackinnon, Cammy Bean, Frances McLean, Kate Foy, Kate Quinn , Laura Whitehead, Nancy Riffer, Smoke Free Wisconsin , Sue Waters , Eklavya, [...]
25 July, 2008 at 1:05 pm
[...] in the 31 Day Blogging Challenge: Michele Martin, Alex Miller, Brent Mackinnon, Cammy Bean, Frances McLean, Kate Foy, Kate Quinn , Laura Whitehead, Nancy Riffer, Smoke Free Wisconsin , Sue Waters , Eklavya, [...]