My personal blog has hopped around several homes over the years. In high school/pre-college, Live Journal was the new thing for people to have a free online journal. In those days, blogging sites were fairly primitive so there weren’t too many options to choose from. Next came Xanga for the majority of college, which became the latest craze because people could subscribe to your posts via e-mail and bloggers had the ability to join Xanga ‘rings’, otherwise known as community interest groups. Xanga certainly wasn’t that savvy nor pretty, but it worked. Once Google hit the scene, Blogger clearly had the advantage of Google’s platform and connectivity. Naturally, I wanted to ‘upgrade’ to the latest and greatest, so I did. It still does a fine job, but I love trying new gadgets because they have a natural tendency for continuous improvement. Somewhere between then and now, a whole slew of blogging platforms have become the new kids on the block, such as WordPress, Typepad, Movable Type, Tumblr, etc. I chose WordPress simply because of its clean lines and also because I already started Let’s Chow! on it. When it comes down to it, a blog is a blog, and the content speaks for itself. The aesthetics, photos, widgets, etc. are of course nice enhancements, partly because they somewhat portray the author’s style and personality. In the web savvy world today, branding suddenly becomes part of your online presence.
With all that said and done, welcome to my new dwelling at selinaang.com using WordPress. It’s always nice to have my own domain name 