A blog should tell a story

After going through some very old blog posts (I've been blogging since 1999), I was reminded of why I started blogging back then. Simply put: I liked to share my thoughts and interests with an audience. Of course back then it was simply with family, friends, and random people who stumbled upon my blog. This was a time before Twitter, Facebook, and even Google. Back then it was mostly just Slashdot that was my biggest influence as to how I shared myself. Asian Avenue, AOL, and Geocities were all dying out, at least amongst my friends.

Back then I believe I had a better audience interaction because of the following two reasons:

1. No one else really was blogging, so my blog was what my friends and family read because it was the kind of Facebook of the time.
2. I was telling a story, of me.

The second reason is what I would like to talk about briefly. I want to get back into being a better blogger. To do that, I need to do a better job of telling a story about me. I want readers of my posts to be able to connect with me as a real person. As much as I enjoy facebook-statusing and tweeting, it never seems to be enough to get a picture of who the tweeter is. I like how it's short/concise and in real-time, but 140 characters is barely enough to form a paragraph in English. The most common is simply a link to something more interesting to read in full. 

Maybe I'm just old school.

I've set up the following sites to help me become a better blogger:

• This site - My personal blog about me, my adventures, photography, books, and all-around anything that isn't about technology and food.
• FoodIsHappiness.com - My website/blog about my food adventures.
• Spong.org - My blog on technology, software, and various tech user groups I meet with.

These 3 sites pretty much sum up all that I like to share about myself. This is how I will tell the story of me. Pick whatever news/twitter feed you wish to consume information on me at. And of course in real time, you can follow me at @sunpech and @foodishappiness.