The Blogger is out and about.
No, actually, the neighbors cut the trees and cut the phone line in the process.
As usual the service is slow, took one whole week for the technicians to come down and fix the line. So no net at home last week till this afternoon.
Blogger is fully occupied at work too, so no blogging and no feed reading for sometimes.
Blogger got a report from the host service that she is over-using twice the allocated disk space.
Blogger found out that some nice people crack up the account and put some big files which she cleaned up quickly.
Blogger is planning to ask someone about this quote she read:

“A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.” by: Henry Fielding

Blogger is happy that Gravatar site is back on and accepting new registrations.
Blogger is sad that flickr will combine with yahoo account and won’t allow old logins next month, which might affect the gallery plugin.
Blogger worries the rate of chew up bandwidth on her song files at fileden.
Blogger is sleepy at the moment, so good night and see you later.

I’m feeling really down these days. I got a lot of posts to write about and a few photos been prepared but just not in the mood to sit and type it up. I’m also reading some books and watching movies a lot these days that I couldn’t come back to my blog. I’ve been extremely lazy these days that I don’t even want to visit my own blog. This evening I feel a bit refreshed after a long shower and sat down to do some posting. So here I am, out of the blue, reanalysing what to write and where my blog stands as Mayvelous ages into her third year. It’s been a great three years journey together with Mayvelous.

I learn many things about blog, bloggers, blogging, blogosphere and a whole lot of blogging aspects. I’m also gradually improving in terms of habitual writing. I don’t mean writing as in proper literature with perfect grammar and smooth reading. I just mean as a regular habit of putting your thoughts down in your blog. Mayvelous keeps me awake, she lends me ears, she shares my joy, sorrow and laughters. She’s very lame with keeping secrets but she’s very good listener. She’s been a great friend anyone would ask for.

As time pass, I’m thinking what kind of path I’m driving Mayvelous into. I’ve read an old ebook by Seth Godin a few year back about types of blogs and I remembered I noted down some quotes from there. I’m sorry it’s been too long that I noted down these points and I’ve lost the direct link to the ebook so couldn’t provide you with proper reference link.

From the book, I got to know that there are 3 kinds of blogs namely :

1. Cat Blogs
2. Boss Blogs
3. Viral Blogs

CAT BLOGS are blogs for and by and about the person blogging. A cat blog is about your cat and your dating travails and your boss and whatever you feel like sharing in your public diary. The vast majority of people with a cat blog don’t need or want strangers to read it. If you’ve got a cat blog, you should embrace that fact and stop wondering where all your traffic is.

BOSS BLOGS are blogs used to communicate to a defined circle of people. A boss blog is a fantastic communications tool.

Mainly used for projects and activities to share latest news with team members or activity partners

VIRAL BLOGS: They’re viral blogs because the goal of the blog is to spread ideas. The blogger is investing time and energy in order to get her ideas out there. Why? Lots of reasons—to get consulting work, to change the outcome of an election, to find new customers for a business or to make it easier for existing customers to feel good about staying.

Some of these blogs are for individuals (call them citizen journalists or op-ed pages) and others are for organizations trying to share their ideas and agendas. These are the blogs that are changing the face of marketing, journalism and the spread of ideas.

If you’re writing for strangers, that means you’re building a viral blog. The first principle is to make your entries shorter. Use images and tone and design and interface to make your point. Teach people gradually.

On the other hand, if you’re writing for colleagues, you’ve got a boss blog. That means you can make your entries more robust.

Reading through these and thinking what kind of blog do I own makes me confused. Mayvelous is personal diary-like blog though I don’t write too personal matters, yet I do write about my daily issues and occasional outburst of personal feelings. So it goes into the category of CAT-Blogs.

Mayvelous also talks about work matters and project/technology related news which mainly concentrate on programmers, web developers and IT professionals. So it’s kind of gets under BOSS-Blogs category as well.

Blog by nature is very public, hence you’re writing for various types of strangers. Some may find your post informative and some might not. It’s all depends on which type of “strangers” your blog attracts more.

You’re not interested/attracting anyone then the blog is obviously a CAT-Blog. When it attracts more of your friends and family attention, it becomes the BOSS-Blog. Ofcos, once it catches the attention from general public then you become the VIRAL-Blogger. In my opinion, all blogs aim to be Viral some day. The three blog types are very much inter-related; many blogs start as CAT-Blogs then move their way up to Boss-Blogs and finally be the Viral-Blog.

So, where is Mayvelous? Mayvelous is still in the state of the BOSS petting her CAT. Sometimes the cat runs away and a few times the boss wants to quit. I’m hoping to move mayvelous towards a wider circle of audience with informative content to become the VIRAL-Blog in near future.

So this is what I’ve discovered about types of blogs. Which type does your blog fall under and is it in the correct path that you want it to be? Just something to think about anyways.

Hey don’t get confused. I’m getting lots of misunderstandings these days.

You see, May != Mayvelous.

Me = May Hnin Phyu
Myself = About May
Mayvelous = May’s website

So…my name is not May Velous. It’s May Hnin Phyu. My website name is Mayvelous. Ahcha?

Oh Holly mother! I never thought of that way. I feel like…..I don’t know how to feel at all.
If you think of that way, it’s quite true. haha.

No prior experience necessary
Word of mouth works best
Doing it once a day is good, doing it twice a day is better, doing it three times a day is best but awfully hard to sustain
Learn a few basic tricks and then do them over and over
Getting someone to pimp your business can increase traffic but also has unintended negative consequences
Some days it’s impossible to satisfy the customers

I must add the differences though,
#1. We don’t get paid,
#2. We don’t get laid,
#3. We don’t get STD.

No offences intended, just a merry quote passing along.

Via: Business2 | Blogging Pro

I got this video link from some blog a few days ago and today I revisited again to check for comments.
No, I’m not gonna talk about it and I’m making no comment on that.

I just want to point out this one comment.
It really make my day. Soooooooo funny. LOL.

It’s a comment by dgrey

What kind of society puts a bride in a five million dollar diamond bedecked outfit and the groom in Mickey Mouse ears with a missing ear?

I’m sure every Burmese and everyone who know Burmese Custom will laugh at it. Oh Boy Mickey Mouse ear with a missing ear!!!
LOL Really good one, I never thought of it. haha.

May be I’ll write about Burmese Wedding and costumes stuffs later…

Watch the General Then Shwe’s youngest daughter – ThanDar Shwe’s Wedding.

I’m not a freelancer, well not yet but like to be in the future, but these 7 points by Successful Andy Budd are very worth taking note of whether you are a freelancer or not.

#1. Love what you do
To be a successful freelancer, you need to have a passion for what you do…

I love what I do. Yes, I really do. I never thought I’ll be doing what I’m doing when I was in high school as I didn’t even like looking at the computers. But once I start digging into this profession, I beginning to like it and yes I’m loving what I do.

I do have a passion. Right now I have a deep passion to eat one good “Kyar-San-Chat”. hehe Ok sorry, just a bit hungry at the moment.

#2. Never stop learning
Every day new ideas or techniques are discovered and sometimes it’s hard to keep pace…the best web designers are endlessly inquisitive and always want to keep abreast of the latest trends and technologies…

Sometimes, I wonder what will be like when I don’t want to learn anymore. IT and Computer profession is very different from any others. IT industry is very rapid and fast growing, every minute, everyday. If you cannot keep up with the speed you are rather useless in a few months time. Having a degree in IT field is nothing like having a degree in other fields like Accounting, Medicine, Nurseing. In those, you can make use of what you learn in school for a long time, unless ofcos, there is a new disease to cure/study or a new program is introduced to calculate accounts.

In IT, a degree is just a piece of paper to frame and is rather useless if you cannot keep up/don’t know what it’s like out there in the real world. Sometimes, it’s so tiring to find out how far behind you are with the latest technology. While you’re learning one thing and not even specialize on that yet, many other new things pop up and the thing you learning becomes usless. I wonder many times, how do I even keep up with this rate. But you know what, the most important thing is as long as you have a passion for learning new thing, you’ll be just fine.

#3. Specialise
Some skills are more in demand than others, but if you’re the top of your field in a particular language or skill, you’ll always be in demand.

Very true, as long as you’re the best in one field, you’re sure to make a living out of it. Lets’ see what I’m specialise at…

#4. Get a killer portfolio
The best way to do this is to contact friends and family and offer to build them a website. I’m not suggesting you do this for FREE as this is potentially damaging to the industry and can also leave you in the difficult situation where your work isn’t valued….create your own personal project or sandbox where you can demonstrate your ideas. I’ve hired freelancers in the past based solely on the basis of their personal work…

This is something I lack. I don’t have any portfolio of my own. Well, you can’t show off what you done for your company since it might be somewhat illegal? or they might not want you to since you are working under their terms and conditions. But if you are to be freelancer then you seriously need your own portfolio. Atleast have a website/blog of your own where you publish your latest informative muses, so people know you are still alive and up-to-date.

Lets’ see…I wanna build up my portfolio, who wanna hire me? Mom? Dad? Bro?? No free job, KFC would do.

#5. Network like crazy
As the old saying goes, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know”. This couldn’t be more true as a freelance web designer. The best way to get work is to use your contacts and network like crazy.

I’m really bad with networking. Actully I suck at it. I don’t know, I’m just not a people kind of person. I seriously need to work on this skill. Yes, a good point to note.

#6. Manage your time
As well as doing the work you get paid for, you also need to market yourself, manage your projects, do your accounts and everything else that’s involved in running a small business…One of the benefits of being a freelancer is being your own boss, so make sure you’re both strict and fair…

Freelancing is flexable yet very dangerous if your time management skills are weak. The article explains it well, so better read on it.

#7. Build your reputation
One of the best ways of becoming a successful freelancer is to become the person people want to do business with. You can also build your reputation by sharing your experiences and knowledge through writing articles, blogging and speaking at local events. By building your reputation as an expert, people will be happy using your services and recommending you to others. Blogging is a particularly good way of doing this and is something I highly recommend.

Whoa! In this case, I’m on the right track (kind of). I just build up my reputation as a jack-ass a few days ago. Hey still, I’m building up my reputation rite? ha` ha`. Yep, it’s way better to check out your blog to determine your personalities + many other things than checking your beautiful resume. You blog talks about who you really are and has a greater impact on people than reading a few pages of your resume.

I have a blog, I rock! I have a reputation, I kick arse!
Now, am I a potential successful freelancer or am I a potential successful freelancer?!? (wink*)
Read the article in detail here. Very resourceful and great notes there. Must read!

Updated: My sincere request to all mmbloggers

Hey why don’t we just take these as a merry debate and let’s just not be too serious about it? I know some of you are really pissed at me but don’t you think you enjoyed reading all those comments on how pissed you are about my post? I’m sure in your unconscious mind, you are enjoying the talks.

As for me, I’m loving it! I have never seen this much numbers of comments and posts on one issue yet and I have never seen varieties of you-bloggers feelings before. I must say, I have achieved my purpose in placing the “voices” to where it belongs. (smile)

This is the whole point you see; bring up something to discuss on, debate on, talk about, think about, feel about, express about, swear about, be sad about, be happy about, be piss about. After all we human beings are very emotional creatures and sometimes it’s very good to show your true emotion as it sets you free.

Don’t you think KoNLS and I are doing the splendid job of making you think, making you speak up, making you comment on the issue that you have very different view on? I must say this is kind of interesting to see many people who have never commented/visited your site suddenly take interest in what you are saying and dropping their 2cents. After all that’s what the whole blogging is about (for me at least), to share ideas and viewpoints through effective commenting. Your comments (bad or good) are helping me see things in different perspectives, which in turns will help me a lot in my future purposes.

Boy, believe it or not, I seriously thank you all for this. First I thought of ignoring you, but that would be disrespect for all of you and it shows that I do not care about others, which is wrong. I made up my mind that, I will never be “don’t care” kind of person and I started this post because I actually care about mmBlogging community.

You are angry now but you won’t be angry for long. Once your anger fades away, you’ll be amazed that you actually voice up on what you believe in and stood up bravely to say so. I’m so proud of you and you know you are too. (smile)

I am told that in many culture, when a gal/lady is requesting sincerely, the gentlemen would consider. (smile)

Sweet arse kicking Excellent comments and posts I shook up.(wink*)

• Ko Nyi Lynn Seck’s Post
• Kick Arse Comments Ever
• Wai Pyo’s Post
• MyoChauHtun’s Post”
• MMHan’s Post
• ThantZin’s Post
• CMS’s Post
• 99 Sanay’s Post
• Linlatkyalsin’s Post
• 100% Life’s Post
• Sinsain’s Post
• and I lost track…

Post starts here:

I came across this Fiji site “Vakaivosavosa” the other day via incoming links in my admin. I didn’t know there are much of Fiji bloggers out there, but it seems like quite a lot actually exist and the number is growing. This site has a good list of Fiji blogs and he added my site as one too. How cool is that.

I have no idea how he come to know my site or who exactly the blogger is. I guess from the search hits people can reach each other. There are lots of new fiji blogs and links on his site that I never know of; very interesting. The blog is well established and focus on current affairs and politics in Fiji. The discussions are great with most of the posts receiving comments, impressive!

I guess blogs, blogging and bloggers are in massive blooming each day. Already there are 100+ known blogspot sites by myanmar bloggers compare to less than 5 Myanmar blogs when I started a few year back.

I tried to roll most of the blogs but after a while I lost track as the number increase with a great speed. I must say though, some blogs are not worth rolling along as 80% of them are inactive … I mean test blogs kind of thing but the other 20% doing very well.

Another thing I notice about Myanmar blogs are 90% copy cats. I mean, give me a break, every single blogs have to use the same old black skin? 99% of them have a shout box in it. And do you have to use the same shout box application/code also? Some new blogs just copy the whole thing including shout box code so you can see the other blogger’s conversation on their blog as well. Also, must every single blog have to publish background music or Odoe or downloads just becos this senior/model blogger is doing so?

Please be genuine, why do you have to continue copying what others do?
Where is your originality? Where is your creativity? Where is your imagination? Where is your uniqueness? It’s very depressing to see clone blogs one after another.
Myanmar blogs gene pool getting narrow. No wonder we are slow adapters. We can’t adjust ourselves fast enough with new medium but we tend to dwell on the same old habitual routine. Gosh I’m stunned.

My 2cents: Be creative, let your imaginations go wild for once in a while, show off your artistic side, do change that black background and be colorful for god sake. Instead of yelling 80% nonsense in the shout boxes and utilize comment feature on particular topic/post to give your constructive feedback once in a while. Let your voice be heard in a proper way, in a great manner, with legitimate reasoning. And let your comment be resourceful and supportive for each other.

I’m not degrading Myanmar blogs nor I intending any displeasure. I have a great respect for Myanmar blogging community and am very fond of some blogs as I visit them regularly. I guess I’m just doing a merry observation on Myanmar blogging community as they are blooming intensively. And now I’m starting to check out Fiji blogging progress as well. I’m glad no black background yet and no clone blogs yet.