Random Jabber Turns One Year Old!
This past weekend, May 10th to be exact, Random Jabber turned one year old. I actually forgot all about the big one year anniversary and when it hit me a few days ago before checking my archives for the exact date, I thought I had missed it. Luckily I remembered just in the nick of time! A few months back I actually had intended to have a huge one year anniversary birthday bash and give away some cool stuff, but as you know if you own a blog, time flies. This date came up much quicker than expected.
So You’re One Year Old, What Now?
I’ll keep moving forward, what else? That’s really all I can do. I’ll admit that I didn’t accomplish everything that I set out to accomplish with this blog, like becoming a work from home blogging millionaire. OK, I admit that really wasn’t in the plans, but it sounded good, right? I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot in my first year. Definitely not as successful as some, but Random Jabber is still alive and well after a year and that’s more than most blogs can say, so that in itself is the ultimate accomplishment in my book.
What About Year Number Two?
I plan to improve Random Jabber in the second year. For one, a redesign is in the plans. I really don’t know when it will happen, but it will happen. I also would like to write more articles that help others rather than just rambling. I’ve found that the vast majority of the successful blogs attempt to give something back to their readers. I’ve done that on occasion, but definitely not as much as I should.
Here’s to year number two!
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Hey I’m late to the party, any beer left?
Congrats! May all of memes be viral and your articles well-circulated!
Posted on Tue May 13, 2008
Great work, Deron, and I’m looking forward to seeing whatever re-design is in store.
Posted on Tue May 13, 2008
Cool… keep up the interesting posts!
Good luck with all your sites.
See you around the web dev community.
Posted on Tue May 13, 2008
Happy birthday! Looking forward to another year of great posts!
Posted on Tue May 13, 2008
Congratulations, Deron! I hadn’t realized that our blogs are almost the same age - yours is just a few days older than mine (my 1-year birthday is today )
I’m looking forward to your year two - judging by the first one it can only be something great!
Posted on Tue May 13, 2008
Thanks everyone for the kind words and encouragement!
Jeremy: Nice looking redesign! Very clean.
Jarkko: I had no idea that we started blogging around the same time. That’s pretty cool. I think I’ve got some catching up to do! 
Looking forward to your year two also! Here’s to being interested in everything!
Posted on Tue May 13, 2008
Sorry I’m very late Deron, but Happy Birthday anyhoo! Hope to see things pick up here on RandomJabber!
Posted on Mon May 19, 2008
Adnan: Thanks a lot Adnan! I hope to see things pick up here too!
Posted on Mon May 19, 2008
Sorry I’m late, but congrats Deron! I love this design, but I’d probably love to see what else ya can do even more. :D
I take it you’ll keep adding to Sizcons as well? Awesome little icons.
Posted on Wed May 21, 2008
Michael: Thanks a lot Michael. Glad you like the design. Really means a lot coming from the Blog Design expert!
As for Sizcons, you’re exactly right. I actually have it in the plans to redo the existing ones as well as add new ones to the set. I like the current ones but I think a few of them could be improved.
Posted on Wed May 21, 2008
Naa, you can’t be an expert until you have at least 2 books with your name on the cover. It’s a rule.
Looking forward to seeing what you do with the icons though. Some funky bullet-point ones for sidebars might be cool? Or would that outside the scope of an icon pack?
Posted on Wed May 21, 2008
Michael: Oh yeah, I forgot about the whole two book rule! I guess you’ve got something too shoot for then eh?
That’s a good idea actually. When I finally get around to updating Sizcons, creating some funky bullet-points might definitely be in order. Might be a great idea to simply create a brand new set: “Sizcons Bullets”. I don’t think anything would be out of the scope of an icon pack. I think in the next round of icons, I definitely need to think outside the box and try to come up with something completely new. We’ll see.
Feel free to drop any other icon ideas my way.
Posted on Wed May 21, 2008
Mine’s two years old. I managed one post in the first year, and one in the second. Hmmm, now have two in year 3 - who knows how many I’ll be doing in 2018…
Posted on Fri May 30, 2008
Malcolm: That’s some streak you have there! Keep it up my friend. Thanks for stopping by!
Posted on Tue Jun 3, 2008
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My name is Deron Sizemore and I am a web designer, web publisher, blogger and serial internet entrepreneur living in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Posted on Tue May 13, 2008