@Garrett – I just remembered the PDP – it was a 16-bit model I worked on, so they probably came down in size. Still huge by todays standards. Had big separate “clunk-click” top loading hard disk platter units and a teletype rather than terminal console for entering commands.

Great series. I’d love to see the bloggers ‘goals’ for their sites listed in these critiques. A screengrab would also be good to view the site alongside the advice.

Looking forward to the rest!

daniel

Loosely, it is how not to set up your blog – as in Not Just Cricket and how to set up your blog – as in RayGunRobot!

I believe this ‘critique’ series will be very helpful to me and my blog. Looking forward to more.

I am a firm beleiver in vaca, enjoy every moment off. It helps reboot the brain.

I can already tell after 2 posts that this is going to be an excellent series. IMO, there is nothing better to learn from that a good critique of sites we all can relate to. You have already pointed out some things that, while obvious to some, I haven’t thought of until now. Thanks!

With regards to Digg: I’ve been occasionally submitting some of my own articles if I think they’re strong enough (along with other things so I don’t look like a complete spammer). So far I’ve yet to have something get dugg into the double digits, but I’ve been noticing that each submission seems to bring at least a few dozen new visitors. It’s worth it even if the results have yet to be make-my-web-host-cry spectacular. Definitely something I’d recommend to others.

Memes/Carnivals: I’ve dabbled in memes, but not too much, since it seems to be something that’s more common among marketing/promotion blogs (which I do read a lot of) than tech blogs. I do write a bit about the former subject, but I try not to write too much to risk boring those more interested in the latter. Maybe I’m just reading the wrong tech blogs…? Also, I’m afraid I’m not sure what a “carnival” would be in this context.

Serialize & Develop own sources: A friend of mine is publishing his own CD of computer-created dance music. I was talking with him today and we thought it’d be cool if, once he’s all finished, I did a write-up covering his process; what software he used to make the music, the duplication process, the trials of selling the disc online… That could probably stretch across at least three articles. So hopefully I’m headed in that direction already. And besides giving me fodder to write about, it promotes his CD so maybe he can sell a couple more copies.

I thought you were going to ding me for not having a “popular posts” section as you did with the cricket blog… It’s something that I’m planning to implement soon.

And as for the PDP… Would this picture be an accurate depiction of it? Yeah, perhaps “fill a walk-in closet” would be more appropriate.