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From Medium to Blogspot and possibly then to WordPress, in just a matter of days and with each new post... I can't figure out what the best platform is!? I have a long history with Blogspot, when it was Blogger... I have very good experiences. I enjoy the widgets and the customizations. However, as the interweb evolves, I can't help but wonder if it is still the right platform for me? Fortunately, many of my classmates (and Dr.) decided to use this platform, which is encouraging as it's easy to connect, network, and comment.

Back in the Livejournal days, you would document during the writing of the entry a mood and a song... set the voice of the post. This flashes me forward to Tumblr years, where visuals and sounds were collaged together to create an entire SEASON (or a 'SCROLL') of moods. The days when Tumblr had fewer restrictions were the best of days, 'it was all the feels.'

A blog about blogging is too meta, and Meta is too trendy for me. Although, the beginning Facebook days were also some great ones. I even enjoy the occasional 'On This Day...' 

Someday, I'd like a programmer to develop a site designed by me. Instructionally Designed by Lee!

On another note, it's Friday, and I owe this and one more entry for the week. I'm anticipating posting on Sunday... I'd like to try a post with a twist. Tune back in to find out what it is!

Retro<.re-intro.> Web 2.0

 by yours truly, virtual trekking with the university crew @eme6414

You probably don’t remember me, and if you do, try to backspace those thoughts out of your mind and embark on this journey with me as I attempt to *cringe* “rebrand” my online presence.

How unusual for an OG hack like me that this ^ could be a simple Twitter post, but here I am throwing it up as an entire ‘first blog entry.’ We’ll see if I can get away with it in terms of a Doctor (Ph.D Dennen) grading my entries, as far as social media concerns go.

Why Medium? Well, first, it was Angelfire, GreatestJournal, Livejournal, MySpace, Facebook, Wix, WordPress, Tumblr, and Substack… the list probably has more to it. Still, for brevity and reinvention, we’ll pretend the past disappeared as some of those platforms did, with all of its content before informing its users to back up their innermost thoughts, experiences, and interactions of young adolescents (both on the interweb and of personal development).

This is so uncomfortable, ‘how to start a blog?’ I had an affinity with Blogspot (Blogger) for a long time, we had a good run, especially with all of it’s customizations and widgets… however, I feel the need to transform and explore the newest trends in blogging… Although, I don’t really know what they are since personal content has become exhaustive, and I rather dedicate readings to books and academic literature lately, these past few years, rather than un-edited, flimsy, constant blog posts/ramblings… or I prefer to listen to a podcast while walking the dogs/work out at the gym, I also enjoy participating in virtual webcast events… Strangely, I didn’t really get much into YouTube publishing as I thought I would, especially because video, photography, and performance all were major tools for me.

There is a thin line between being a pioneer and surfing trends. I always considered myself a @priornear.