JJJ's Blog

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  • The official face of .blog

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  • On being a .blog founder

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    I was recently asked to give few words on the fancy new .blog top-level domain for use in some future marketing material. Here’s the snippet in full, in case it’s modified to better fit their needs: Using a .blog domain is the most important thing you can do to upgrade your blog. It clearly communicates what the primary purpose…

  • I see you

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  • Starting over

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    Starting a new blog is an interesting feeling. In Talking Funny, Louis C.K. mentions that he purposely throws away his act every year, which forces him to find his voice again. Starting a new blog with 0 followers feels a bit like that – I’m not sure what to do here, or what to write about,…

  • Hello world!

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    Welcome to JJJ’s (new) Blog. This is my first post! My old friends at Automattic are starting to roll out .blog top-level domains, so now I have another blog to tinker with. I decided to self-host this one, for now at least. WordPress.com is still the best place to host a blog, but it’s been…

  • Back to Twenty Sixteen

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    Yesterday I switched my blog’s theme back to WordPress’s current default theme, Twenty Sixteen. I’m really enjoying the simplicity of a traditional layout again. I also like being able to rotate small header images between page views. This current batch of images is from some screenshots I took while playing the very pretty and fun…

  • Hemmingway

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    Changed the blog theme to something a little more black… Well, a lot more black. Chances are I won’t ever get around to blogging here, but if I do I guess I want it to be pretty?