**Update**
This update is in consideration of some of what i said in this post in regards to woman not liking my post because "...its not going to have flowers and a pink background". I realize that I was to some extent attacking my female reader's intelligence in assuming they read blogs mostly based on visual appearance rather than content. To any and all that might have felt I conveyed this I apologize. All the readers of this blog that I have heard from up to this point seem like intelligent and thoughtful people and to imply female readers might only read if the blog was prettier was wrong.
For the few that have actually seen this blog before reading this post, you will note some small changes have been made in terms of design and whatnot, hopefully making the blog a little more viewer friendly. I would like to add an image to the blog at the top at least, to make my blog a little more inviting looking so I will hopefully have that soon. I realize I will never be able to compete with the many blogs out there in terms of prettiness, but I don't want this to be an eyesore either. Therefore any suggestions in terms of layout or content as well are much appreciated.
As an aside, I have come to realize that a significant majority of bloggers in general and readers of my blog (or at least commenters) appear to be women. This is interesting on a number of fronts. First, being a guy, I wonder if what I'm writing is relevant to the potential readership of my blog in general and women in particular. Is there things I should be focusing on more, or less for that matter? Secondly is whether my layout is not as woman friendly as it could be in that its not going to have flowers and a pink background, but could be designed to be less minimalist?
Another issue is how people find this site and ways of making the site more accessible. I have attempted some changes already to this effect, but perhaps their is other websites or places I could get the word out in?
Also I realize that I need to post more to get people to come back so I will attempt a once a day schedule, or something like 5 days a week type of thing. There is also the issue of when to post, and perhaps making it more standardized. we will see.
Finally I am going to try to find more blogs to read and comment on, i think being part of "the community" is a good way to improve my blog, increase readership, and just learn and grow and meet people.
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