Capital Summertime Ball 2024

[JonathanEx]

If you've been following me on Twitter you'll probably have seen me over the last 3 weeks, most of the time I'm rambling about some ridiculous need to blog in a panic around 10:30pm every night. This will probably continue for a long time.

It's all about some challenge that I'm doing, and it'd be fun to get some more people from UM involved too. Basically, the idea is to write a blog every day for the year. Simples.

The rules are, one blog, each day, a minimum of one paragraph (see? that's not too bad!) and a day is when you wake up to when you to sleep. No pissy midnight guidelines here.

Even if you don't manage it every day, it's still a fun challenge to push yourself to do. A test of actually getting stuff done for deadlines, resolve, and creativity as you come up with 365 things to write about. What you do from there is up to you: maybe a diary, maybe more in the style of a column, or maybe different things on different days. Push yourself creatively, practice writing and have a laugh with it.

It's something that's started via twitter, hence the #oneaday hashtag title, and there's a fancy hub page at http://ultrabrilliant.co.uk/network/ with everyone who is taking part.

It'd be great to see some more people join in, as it's fun to read everyone's blogs and it's like a little community now. You can host your blog wherever, maybe do it here on UM, get a free Wordpress.com blog or go elsewhere. I personally recommend Tumblr, as you get so much customisation options, and there's a nice 'follow' system which helps you keep up to date with other people.

Mine's http://boxofhatsandwigs.tumblr.com/ - I'm 22 days in so far, but it's never too late to start. Now, just need to come up with something today...

[MrDoovdeHaxorz]

Lol I'd have a go but I've done a few blogs elsewhere this year, and there was nothing quite interesting enough to warrant one a day... maybe one-a-week-for-whoever-wants-to-read-my-drivel is something I could make work though.

[Ema]

Funniest thing was that Jon was proper panicing about blogging in time in the pub on Thursday night..

[Bumble_85]

I already do blog a lot! But it's only readable if you have an opendiary yourself.

[DarkAngelMJH]

Heh I already find it hard to ramble on my LiveJournal and here so blogging once a day would be full of rubbish I think.

[DC]

dc's life isn't interesting enough to even warrant a paragraph. so no deal!

[Lucie]

I love the idea of these type things! I doubt I could do it because I find it hard talking about myself. Though I did start a similar project on new years, taking a photo everyday for a year.

(*plug* If you care, the links here: http://bit.ly/6vKf38)

[DaNNiP15]

I could do a blog a day... if i was in every day... what about a blog nearly everyday? haha

[cxx666]

I'm sure my magnificant mind would be able to dream up some nonsense or rant about something almost every day, whether or not i'll be on a computer every day is an entirely differnt matter

[DaNNiP15]

My blog... http://thekittydiary.tumblr.com

[Nik B.]

I'll try this from February First on my proper blog. Gonna be tough.

[Mike]

www.mikeredding.tumblr.com is mine. Dunno if i'll keep it up til the end of the year though lol