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3108: Blog Day

Last Updated September 1, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

I’ve been trying to come up with a good day to start posting again (in addition to finding the proper motivation). Since graduating in May, I haven’t had a chance to do much writing, and I’ve been missing it noticeably. So, blogging is a good avenue for me to hopefully keep my writing skills sharp. I guess there is no better day to begin posting than on “Blog Day.” From Jason Clark:

“Sometime in June 2005 Israeli blogger Nir Ofir had a realization: the date 3108 (or August 31st) looks suspiciously like the word “Blog.” He also wanted to do something about the fact that despite the notion of blogging being something available to so many, what happens is a few people link to the same blogs, all the time, and most new blogs never get an audience.

Just as church circles are self referencing, blogging is largely the same. So Nir started Blog Day on 31st August 2005.”

So, here are my five blogs to reference (a day late), even though no one will likely read this post:

David Fitch: The Great Giveaway
Dixson Kinser: So Indie It’s Embarassing
A Youth Pastor
alastair.adversaria
Dan Edelen: Cerulean Sanctum

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