Blogging out of my depth.
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- 5timuli
Deadline looming. Need eight posts from SXSW for the company blog by the end of the day. Got four done and I'm out of ideas. I'm also not comfortable writing about things I'm not 100% familiar with, and since I'm from a predominantly print background, interactive is one of them. Add to that the fact that the first 3 sessions I went to already have posts written about them by others who work here and the possibilities are reduced even further. I was up until 5am last night trying to get stuff written, and I was writing constantly all day yesterday at the airport and Saturday to get something down. I suffer from writing apprehension so it's stresses me out to fuck to write even the shortest paragraph of text that will be judged by others.
Erm, I'm not really sure where the hell I'm going with this, just need to vent my stress/frustration.
I read other people's blogs from SXSW and they just rattle off their notes in a list format like they typed shit in and left it. All the ones we've produced here seem like they're well conceived, except mine as I tend to ramble. I'm not even sure if what I've written is even technically accurate (web typography, evolution of font linking, etc.).
Looks like I'm up shit creek, or I'll be up all night again until 5am writing stuff I have no clue about.
- skt0
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/techn…
had a bunch off articles from sxsw... you might find something to, um, inspire you.
i didn't read any of them, so i have no idea if this will help.
- 5timuli0
And there's a reason I don't have my own blog - it's cause I'm shite at writing. I'm a graphic designer, not a graphic columnist.
- 5timuli0
Aye cheers, saw some of those. I've tried to look at others that I've been to to get an idea of how to structure mine but my mind goes blank. I clam up when I have writer's block (which is usually always) and it takes me four hours to write a paragraph.
- Except the ones I've written are all like 750 words. Who gives a shit about what I have to say to sit through all that?5timuli
- mg330
"Saw the next big thing today!"
"Saw the next, next big thing today! I was amazed!"
"Saw a band play guitars made of molten lava and they are DEF the next big thing!"
"Didn't see a single scene kid because they're all broke penniless children who would never have the money to go to SXSW."
- The place was full of Twittering nerds. Asymmetric haircuts and skinny jeans. Beards and iPhones.5timuli
- magnificent_ruin0
pull a hunter thompson and write about all the stuff you missed because you were drunk
- mg330
write about BBQ and breakfast tacos. that's the lifeblood of Austin.
- kelpie0
I reckon you'd be a right funny cunt in your articles, you'd need to stop fretting about it though. How many blog post have you *ever* read that were amazingly vital to the future of either humanity or even our profession? just talk some vaguely pertinent shite about something, you'll be fine.
- robotron3k0
...just remember every sentence should be constructed, "subject" followed by a "verb." For example, "Bill went to the store." or "5timuli went to SXSW." Then, don't worry about technical accuracy, no one cares about that, just add pictures of people drinking beer and if you can find any women at the conference, make sure they are in photos as well. people only care about sexyness and what they missed. So tell them what they missed, add you opinion and make sure every sentence starts with a subject and is followed by a verb. now step to it!!!
- harlequino0
How about a story about how you tried to bang some slacker hipster chick.
- or a tattoo'd ex-roller girl with big hips....robotron3k
- mg330
- 5timuli0
I just managed to regurgitate BBC News, referencing Microsoft, Apple and Nintendo, with Johnny Chung Lee thrown in for good measure. If I can do that three more times I'm laughing.
- boobs0
1) Blog about your jock itch, and how that last band did nothing for it.
2) Blog about your weight problem, and how that last band did nothing for it, except remind you of it.
3) Blog about how blogging about SXSW, which nobody even gives a shit about any more, is too "meta" for words, and so you can't be bothered and shit.
4) Blog about how bands take care of their blog while they are up on stage performing. Special paragraph about the band that blogs from stage while performing, but how they seem too "meta" and past the moment.I've given you gold. Try to avoid turning it to dross.
- gentleman0
blog about me - and how i never made it to SXSW