So I thought that this blogging stuff was going to be easy. I came home from Tech Ed and John said “why don’t you start a blog?” To which I replied - that’s a great idea! Being the quick-start that I am I wanted to start right away - no no no - that’s not how it works at all! Let me tell you more….

First I had to choose a URL - sounds easy, but apparently it says a lot about who I am, so after careful consideration of all alternatives I chose www.sarahlewis.co.nz

Next was the blogging engine I was going to use - sounds easy, but apparently not. Should I choose what my co-workers use, or what my husband uses so he can be my IT help desk? (I went for the husband option - free support 24/7). Now that I have chosen the platform - what’s the theme going to be? There are literally thousands of themes! I didn’t like any of them, so chose one and asked John (very nicely) to make a couple of tweaks to it to make it mine.

Now I have a theme, a platform, a URL - then comes the name of the blog. Again a direct reflection on myself, don’t want to get it wrong (I will write another blog post about that -  turns out it was a lot of fun ) That must be it - right? No. Even the font that I use says something… at this point I handed over to my trusty help desk guy and he made it all happen.

 So - for those of you who are thinking about starting a blog - if you are going to follow the philosophy of John - ”do everything like it matters” - take my warning that there is more to it than you may think

So here is my blog - and it matters to me (and maybe my Mum, once I let her know where it is).

Filed under: Work, Life by Louie Date 26 August, 2007