On why I have a new blog now at writerico.wordpress.com
This is a short history of how Rico (that’s me) has come upon starting a blog on WordPress.
My first blog, the BB Files, was hosted on multiply. It was bongerbongerbonger.multiply.com. I truly loved the multiply platform. It was easy to use, idiot-friendly, and allowed me to be connected to my blogging friends. Way before FB ever was, there was Multiply.
I abandoned Multiply when it became nothing more than a market site. Plus, a blogger told me only ABSCBN earns revenue from my entries. I ought to move to google blog, he said, which gives me the opportunity to monetize my blog.
That gave birth to writerico.blogspot.com, and a lot of my old entries from multiply were transferred to my blogger.com site. It was fun, simplistic, and yes, I earn a few cents each time someone clicked on the ads.
About two months ago we moved to Malolos City, Bulacan. We moved because Veck wanted to practice pediatrics and there was a clinic there that needed a doctor. So, we migrated, and I had to give up the comfort of internet service at home. I had to say hello to long commutes to and from Malolos to Taguig where I work.
I didn’t think I would survive the two hours on the road doing nothing. Sometimes I read, which I love, but I do wish I can use the time for self-expression as well.
So I got myself a new BB again–a gift from my loving wife, Veck. Not without drama I said the only way I can survive the long bus rides is if I could write.
To my dismay I found it was close to impossible to compose and post a blog entry on Blogger using my BB device. I contacted Blogger.com about this through their Send Feedback link on their dashboard but nothing happened. I gave up on the idea and consigned myself to an artless, creation-less commute in a cramped van.
I subscribe to several blogs and I was reading one of Joel C Rosenburg, the author and political analyst, and outspoken Christian and Israeli supporter. At the bottom of his blog, which is hosted by WordPress, I found a link where one can download a BB app for WordPress. Lights began turning on in my head. If I can start a blog on WordPress, it may be easier to blog, and it’s the whole reason I wanted a BlackBerry in the first place!
So, finally, I present to the world, and whoever cares to listen, WriteRico.WordPress.com. In the world of Twitter and Facebook and other microblogging networks, here I am, typing my thoughts with words and sentences on a blog. Do people still read blogs? I don’t know. I still do. But I’m old school.
I’m excited about this blog and I hope I never run out of things to write about.
