Written on July 6th, 2007 at 11:07 am by Darren Rowse
5 Things You Should Know about My Dad the ProBlogger
This guest post has been submitted by my son - little ‘X’ - who turned 1 today. I thought it was an appropriate day for him to make his debut as a blogger.
I’ve been watching my Dad being a ProBlogger for a year now - here’s 5 things that I noticed about how he does it:
1. My Dad Reads More than He Writes
One question I hear a lot of people asking My Dad is ‘how much time do you spend writing each day?’ I think it’s a good question, but a better one would be ‘how much time do you spend reading each day?’ You see my Dad reads more than he writes. I think he does this because his writing gets better after reading what others say and because it means he’s learning more about his topics.
2. My Dad Talks All Day to Other Bloggers
Another thing my Dad does all day is ‘chat’ to people. He talks to them on his Skype headset, he types to them on his instant messenger and he even meets some of them in the cafe down the road for something called a ‘cafe lartay’. I think My Dad does it partly because blogging looks like a lonely job but also because it helps him blog better. It gives him new ideas, helps him get people to read his blog and link to it more and it even finds him partners to work with.
3. My Dad Only Uses a Few of the Ideas He Comes Up With
I was looking on my Dad’s computer the other day and found a folder called ‘posts in progress’ which is filled with text files of half finished posts. Some of them are just blank text files with a post name as the file name, others have 10 points that need to be expanded. Others are half thought through ideas or questions from readers. My Dad has hundreds of files in this folder and he puts more in every week. On days when I’m being a little bit naughty and he can’t think straight to come up with a new idea he goes to this folder to help him get started.
4. My Dad Works A lot - but less than he Used to
My Mum tells me that My Dad used to work from when the sun made my room light to after she used to give me the last drink of the day (I don’t have that drink any more because I’m a big boy). That seems like a very long time to be looking at the computer box. He still does look at it for a lot of time in the day but less than he used to. My Dad now takes me for walks every afternoon where we go to the park for a swing and on the weekends he sometimes doesn’t look at the computer box for a whole day. I think he’s a good blogger because he knows he has to work hard but especially because he knows when to stop working.
5. My Dad is Different, like the Wiggles
I don’t read any of Dad’s blogs (I want him to start one of the Wiggles and then I would) but I met a few people that do read them and they tell me that one of the reasons that they first started reading what he writes is because he had something different to say. I don’t know how many blogs there are in the world but I would say it is at least as many as all of my My Mum’s, My Dad’s, My Grandma’s and My Grandpa’s and my toes and fingers all added together (and maybe more). That is a lot of blogs and to get people to notice yours you need to stand out a little - like the Wiggles do in their colored skivvies!
I could probably think of a lot more things to tell you about blogging and perhaps one day I will (although I think I could make more money writing it as an e-book for you to buy - I am an Ontraprenor like My Dad) but I have to go and have my morning sleep now.
I hope you had fun learning about My Dad with me.
117 Responses to “5 Things You Should Know about My Dad the ProBlogger”
Nathan
July 6th, 2007 11:46 am
Hehe, that was an amusing post, and your son seems to be quite brilliant, writing so eloquently at such a young age.
Angela
July 6th, 2007 11:50 am
Precious and priceless post! What a cutie hiding behind your laptop…or is that his?
Jake
July 6th, 2007 11:51 am
Interesting. Ever since I was a week without solid Internet access a little while ago I have begun having a lot of post ideas in a folder… all text files. I’ve found it to be a great way to work.
By the way- great perspective. :D
Glenn Wolsey
July 6th, 2007 11:54 am
Very well written article, something a little different is always appreciated. I throughly enjoyed reading more about you Darren.
Kathleen
July 6th, 2007 11:55 am
This post is soo..o precious. It’s great that he understands so much about your work at such a young age.LOL I also noticed that you are making time to spend with him. That will be even more enjoyable as he gets older.
Darren Rowse
July 6th, 2007 11:56 am
Angela - it’s mine, although it does remind me that I do have an old powerbook lying around that I was meaning to give him one day (maybe when he’s a bit older) to bang away at :-)
thanks Jake and Glenn.
Laura
July 6th, 2007 11:58 am
Congratulations on the youngest blogger!!!
SmallFuel Marketing
July 6th, 2007 12:22 pm
What a great idea for a post!
And let me tell you, your son is quite the articulate little 1 year old.
(oh yea, and that folder with hundreds of unfinished posts, I understand completely)
Keep up the good work,
- Mason
ShoeMoney
July 6th, 2007 12:34 pm
Awesome D!
Keatsian
July 6th, 2007 12:39 pm
Those cute little eyes behind the notebook…filled with wonder and innocence…Darren you got a real handsome kid. And he is smart also! Congrats!
Shane
July 6th, 2007 12:40 pm
That is the cutest post I have ever seen. Happy birthday to little X, and will he be starting a blog anytime soon?
Angela
July 6th, 2007 12:42 pm
Happy Birthday to your little guy! That is so sweet that he wrote a blog post for you, and he’s so smart. ;)
I totally get what he’s saying about the Wiggles, though I’m kinda glad my 5 yr old has outgrown those ‘different’ guys, LOL…
Great post!
Angela Wills
http://www.StarVA.com
Brad Isaac
July 6th, 2007 12:46 pm
Reminds me of when I was one. My dad wasn’t a blogger he was an insurance underwriter. I think I denied my first claim when I was 1.
He’s got a bright future ahead!
Leigh
July 6th, 2007 1:04 pm
Happy Birthday X :) Thought you were lucky enough to get a macbook for your birthday. A lovely picture.
You will be out blogging your Dad in no time with a great first post like that.
Joni
July 6th, 2007 1:08 pm
Shucks your kid is soo cute!! And look at him he looks like he’s really blogging. :) Nice post, Darren! The picture of your kid made me smile! :)
BlogInterviewer
July 6th, 2007 1:10 pm
Very cute. Happy birthday to your little boy.
You hit a couple of major points right on the head.
1. You definitely need other bloggers/web designers/marketers to chat with during the day and shoot ideas off of. I don’t know how many of my friends who have 9-5 jobs have replied “some of us have to work” when I message them during the day. They simply don’t understand that I am working, but from home and not in an office.
2. I also agree that you can easily wear yourself out and work too hard. There’s no time clock or log in sheet for your employer to view ’cause you are your own boss. You have to find a happy medium between work and play.
Very good post.
http://www.Bloginterviewer.com
Liz Strauss
July 6th, 2007 1:11 pm
What a great writer X is! And an observant guy too! I think you’ve got a blogger growing up in your household. Problogger the Sequel, Son of Problogger - heh heh!
Wonderful!
W
July 6th, 2007 1:17 pm
Darren:
Based on the cute factor X will be out ranking you any day. Cute little guy. Great post! Happy Birthday X. W
Rich Minx
July 6th, 2007 1:25 pm
So cute, and informative! I look forward to “ProBlogger Jr’.
Terra Andersen
July 6th, 2007 1:32 pm
What a cutie! Very cute post too…
Wendy Piersall
July 6th, 2007 1:34 pm
My favorite post from you ever, probably.
You had better go buy ProBloggerJr.com right now before you have to pay a small fortune for it, too. ;)
Dee Stewart
July 6th, 2007 1:43 pm
Wendy, I agree. I think this is the best blog post I’ve read.
Happy Birthday X :)
Sameer
July 6th, 2007 1:59 pm
Happy Bday to the little guy! He’s going to get a kick out of this post as soon as he knows what a ‘post is.
Mine had his 1st a few months back. Its am awesome age…
HH!
July 6th, 2007 2:01 pm
posts like this are the reason why you deserve what you get.
HH!
Angela
July 6th, 2007 2:01 pm
Aw, Dad, can’t he please have an interactive one? :-)
Wendy is right. You need to grab ProBloggerJr.net and/or .com quick.
Oh, you might also want to consider taking up a Toddler Spelling class so you can keep up with his Google searches like this one http://www.angelabetts.com/blog/2007/06/21/toddler-google-search/ by my 15 month old granddaughter.
Tammy
July 6th, 2007 2:04 pm
THE Single Best Post EVER!
I LOVE IT!
I’m going to submit it to StumbleUpon right now.
Billy Chia
July 6th, 2007 2:11 pm
Nice way to mix things up, giving us a personal look at your life but still keep it informative. Great job!
JB
July 6th, 2007 2:21 pm
good on ya darren! brilliant post.
noemi
July 6th, 2007 2:26 pm
what an adorable boy. Happy Birthday !
iqbal
July 6th, 2007 2:27 pm
hi
happy birthday to your son and family.
why not using problogger.com for your junior.
one thing i learned that he can write.
good job.
Grace
July 6th, 2007 2:38 pm
Very cute! I love your son’s writing. ;) It’s great to hear that you don’t look at the Computer Box so much now.
Lara Kulpa
July 6th, 2007 3:02 pm
Happy Birthday “X”! I remember a year ago when you were born, how proud your mum and dad were… I can’t imagine how proud they are of you now! (Well, yes I can, I talk to your dad quite a bit… LOL)
You’re growing up to be more beautiful (sorry, handsome!) every day, and I think it’s GREAT that your dad takes walks with you and plays with you!
We’ll get on him to do that Wiggles blog for ya… ;-)
chris
July 6th, 2007 3:07 pm
Darren,
You should see if bloginterviewer will interview your little guy.
Does your son write guest posts too? If so, I would love to hear his work stories.
BlogInterviewer
July 6th, 2007 3:11 pm
Chris, we would be happy to do an interview. Darren, shoot me an email and we’ll set you up as a “Featured Interview.”
http://www.Bloginterviewer.com
David Culpepper
July 6th, 2007 3:34 pm
That was excellent! Very creative post…
Monica
July 6th, 2007 3:35 pm
Little X,
I read your Dad’s blog every day and I absolutely love it. It has been so helpful for me as I start my own blogging business. There is so much information on it and I do my best to chip away at the content every day by reading often. I still have so much to discover on this website and so many more of your Dad’s tips to try to incorporate into my blogging.
I always mean to comment on Darren’s wonderful posts, but something happens: I get distracted, I have to move on to my own writing or one of the other 70 feeds I subscribe to. But since you are so cute in that picture, and your guest post was so adorable and useful, I wanted to take today to say thank you for Problogger.net. Please tell your dad I said “hi” and that he should let you guest post more often.
Sincerely,
Monica
Y! Gamer
July 6th, 2007 3:39 pm
Hi lil x and Happy B day
I was reading your dads blog since you weren’t born, now you turned 1 and start blogging but i still don’t have a blog yet :p .
I would add “If you like this post buy me a bottle of milk” plugin :p
Darren Rowse
July 6th, 2007 3:40 pm
hmmm - I’m starting to get jealous - I think X might be more popular as a blogger than I am! Perhaps I should sign him up as a guest blogger before someone else makes him an offer he can’t refuse!
Michael Fultz
July 6th, 2007 4:01 pm
It is inspirational to see a young prodigy such as yourself upstage your old man. Keep up the good work!
Ahmad Uzair
July 6th, 2007 4:08 pm
Happy bithday cutie. Nice post.Now I know why problogger had a great idea behind his post.
Bimal Sivaji
July 6th, 2007 4:13 pm
Hi Darren,
Happy Birthday to your son.
I have been keenly following your posts after accidently stumbling upon it. And I am discovering to my horror how I am wasting my time in my blog. Infact, I love writing and I am a rewriter in a newspaper, The Hindu. I am based in Trivandrum, Kerala, India. I am assimilating quite a lot of tips from your posts. I hope to launch a niche blog soon.
Hope you are having a bash for the Birthday.
Happy Birthday again to the cute one.
Bimal
Lifesperspective.com
July 6th, 2007 4:21 pm
this is so unfair, using your son’s cuteness to win readers. kidding. Very creative post, lesson learnt :)
Joanna Young
July 6th, 2007 5:40 pm
Happy Birthday little x
Thanks for your first post - full of insights about your dad. Lots of people are intrigued about how he does what he does, so it was a good choice of topic to write about. You also have a great writing style, very natural, easy to read, not too many long words, but at the same time you manage to tell us all the most important things - with humour, and warmth, and affection. Lots of those other bloggers out there (and yes, there are a lot) would love to be able to capture your style. Thanks for sharing some of the secrets. Read more than you write, and remember to keep your own unique and amazing voice.
Enjoy the rest of your day - love to mum and dad too
Joanna
Honey
July 6th, 2007 5:44 pm
B’day X
this quote very true : - “The Child is the Father of the Man”
Ashwin
July 6th, 2007 6:19 pm
Happy Birthday, X. Have a great year and god bless.
Terrific post, Darren.
By the way, X looks choooo cute!
Susan Borgas
July 6th, 2007 7:49 pm
LOL ……. Happy Birthday young man! You and your dad have come up with a great post here, which has taught me so much. *thumbsup* :D
Andrew Boyd
July 6th, 2007 8:02 pm
Happy Birthday X,
look forward to many more posts from you - like your Daddy, you have wisdom beyond your years :)
Best regards, Andrew
Beth
July 6th, 2007 8:33 pm
That was a delightful, creative post. Hey, the little guy’s born to the business.
I love having a folder/list of post ideas and notes because it frees me from the fear of writer’s block. And that sense of freedom allows more ideas to flow. Yesterday the ideas for both posts occurred to me within the day, as a result of 1) my offline activity on the blog topic and 2) my regular morning online reading. I was inspired by something fresh and put off my planned post topics.
It’s a great feeling to have more post ideas than you have time to write! This tells me I’m focused on the “write” topic for me.
Armand
July 6th, 2007 9:34 pm
The definition of a creative post.
Happy birthday “X”!
shaz
July 6th, 2007 9:39 pm
Happy Birthday little X!!
Felipe Cerda
July 6th, 2007 10:18 pm
Awesome post. Happy birthday Darren’s son!
Benedict Herold
July 6th, 2007 10:22 pm
That is a awesome post! BTW, Happy Birthday.!
Susheel
July 6th, 2007 10:34 pm
he he… Only a year old, on his first post, and he already writes better than I do…
happy birthday!
Baby Matthew
July 6th, 2007 10:50 pm
Great to see another baby blogging. I find it difficult to blog regularly because Mummy and Daddy are always hogging the computers. I have to wait until they have their afternoon nap to get any writing done :)
Vijay Teach Me
July 6th, 2007 10:58 pm
Happy B’Day,
you will be a good company for my son turning 1 yrs in 3 months, my son rambles at http:vidhukumar.com with a tag line, My journey through my dads experinces.
Vijay
Tara Kachaturoff
July 6th, 2007 10:59 pm
Happy Birthday! Your birthday is the very best day of the year. Have a great celebration with your mom and dad. Your dad is an awesome blogger, teacher and mentor to people around the world. And good for you for getting started with blogging at such a young age :) . I knew I should have started earlier! All the best, Tara Kachaturoff
Sreejith
July 6th, 2007 11:01 pm
lol. The article was really cute. Really brilliant to have mastered language and keyboard at such a small age. lol
Ted Demopoulos, The Blogging for Business Guy
July 6th, 2007 11:31 pm
I’ve always said that Ghost Blogging is not necessarily bad!
marinike
July 6th, 2007 11:38 pm
A differnt way to write a post and, at the end, a difernt way to praise yourself a little bit ;)….But, definitely, a good and a very usefull post…
Practical Archivist
July 6th, 2007 11:39 pm
What really got me was the afternoons in the park.
Beautiful, sweet and true.
Enjoy as many moments as you can, Darren. As my good friend Jane reminds me time and again: The days can feel long, but the years fly by quicker than you can possibly believe.
Happy 1st Bday, Lil’ X!
P.S. Print out your favorite baby photos! Digital is more permanent than a sand painting, but not much else…
RT the fitness guy
July 6th, 2007 11:47 pm
I think some of these people think that your son actually wrote that Dazza?!
Avinash
July 7th, 2007 12:15 am
Ahhh, wonderful!
Happy Birthday, Little Genius! :-)
p.s. Darren, your son is going to beat you in blogging, as it seems. :p
Eugenio
July 7th, 2007 12:17 am
One of the best post published in Problogger.
Kayla
July 7th, 2007 12:32 am
My favorite post on this blog so far… Happy Bday to the little one - would love to have more of his perspective - very helpful to us bloggers… :)
Ari Shohat
July 7th, 2007 12:34 am
Very nice, and so cute! Congrats little X!
Mama BoK
July 7th, 2007 12:49 am
Happy birthday to your son..!! it’s amazing and amusing to think that a few years down the road.. our children will be blogging as well.. ;)
Wendy
July 7th, 2007 1:50 am
So sweet.
Does this mean the blogging gene is dominant?
Teejay
July 7th, 2007 1:52 am
Congratulations. Very creative post.
Tinu
July 7th, 2007 1:55 am
Kid is A.Dorable. I haven’t even read the post yet, I had to say that first. And yay Apple.
SJ Yee
July 7th, 2007 2:39 am
Lol! Darren, that was a very creative entry and your son is really cute. I am sure there are a lot of envious people here. Who wouldn’t mind being born into the arms of a professional blogger?
Adam Snider
July 7th, 2007 3:16 am
Cute post, Darren. And full of good information, as usual.
Joshua Longbuckle
July 7th, 2007 3:34 am
Dumbest thing I’ve read in a long time. The only thing worse than reading children’s writing is reading the writing of adults pretending to be babies. I have no idea why so many fanboys are fawning over your drivel but it’s my first time reading your blog and can only assume it’s a “you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours” thing. Ah, the egos of people who fancy themselves skilled by virtue of the fact they can type! Pro blogger, eh? Don’t forget to send your kid to school lest dada wakee-wakee and discover he need some help making thoughtful readers swoon.
jeremy bouma
July 7th, 2007 3:36 am
Cool way to convey some good info! Thanks for this site…it’s a blessing :)
-jeremy
pearl
July 7th, 2007 4:23 am
lol … that was such a pleasant surprise … it is not everyday you get to read a cute Ontraprenor who is also so bright :) Thanks for letting us know your dad a bit more ..;)
Many happy returns of the day little ‘X’
Bruce
July 7th, 2007 5:41 am
Great Post. I have a young son as well, 3.5 months and just starting to take blogging more seriously so appreciated this on two levels. Thanks
Darren Rowse
July 7th, 2007 7:53 am
Thanks again everyone.
Joshua Longbuckle - I guess the post isn’t for everyone. In fact while I’d like every post I like to be universally accepted and praised I know they’ll never hit the spot with everyone. I do appreciate the feedback - although perhaps next time it could be a little more constructive. Welcome to ProBlogger.
Hamlet Batista
July 7th, 2007 8:13 am
Your son seems to be a brilliant blogger, How can we get him to guest blog?
;-)
William Lehman
July 7th, 2007 9:00 am
Great post x. I think you might just be a little better than your dad on this one. by the way, Happy Birthday.
Jan
July 7th, 2007 9:09 am
Great example of combining more thoughts occupying your mind into one.
While I find that writing with someone else’s voice than your own can go terribly wrong I found this to be done just right. Not too sweet and not losing sight of what you actually wanted to say while getting to mention what else is important to you.
I have no idea who the wiggles are and probably that’s a good thing. The 5 points, which seems to be a little lost in some comments, are however really something worth striving for. I particularly like the first one, but perhaps that is because I haven’t gotten to the others yet. :-)
James
July 7th, 2007 9:42 am
Nice to see another fellow young blogger! We should be pen pals. ;-) I think you should start a blog on The Wiggles. I would definitely visit.
James
Trula
July 7th, 2007 11:07 am
LOL @Jan…you don’t know the Wiggles? Lucky you! My youngest child will be 10 this year and he was just old enough when the wiggles hit big in the states to not be interested. I count myself lucky, ha.
Cute post Darren!
Tammy
July 7th, 2007 12:42 pm
Joshua Longbuckle’s comment did nothing but make me click on his link and vow never to buy anything from Buckle Inc. You are too polite Darren I would have slammed the idiot.
Seduction Chronicles
July 7th, 2007 12:54 pm
Darren,
Big fan of your blog, over 1-year + reading. Not disappointed with the post, just not interested, seemed to me just irrelevant and a time waster. The only other thing worse is your SpeedLinking posts. Argh.
Otherwise, keep it up and props for a wonderful blog.
Grant
July 7th, 2007 1:06 pm
I’m glad someone said what I was thinking.
What did any of this have to do with your topic of blogging? I stopped reading after I saw the picture and headline. Stupid post with nothing but fluff in it.
Darren Rowse
July 7th, 2007 1:14 pm
Seduction Chronicles - like I said to Joshua above - I didn’t expect it to appeal to everyone. I did hope it might be useful though. The reason I… I mean X wrote it was because I get a lot of emails from readers who think writing a good blog is just about posting something vaguely interesting each day. When they start doing this they realize that there’s more to it than that but don’t know what to do.
So I thought a post that encouraged bloggers to do these things might be helpful to give some advice and isight:
- Read more
- Connect with other bloggers more
- Have an ideas folder
- Have some work life balance
- Differentiate themselves and produce something unique
Problem is - I’ve written some of that stuff before and so I began to think a little about how I could take my own advice and do something a little different. So a post by a 1 year old became the way to attempt to get the points across.
The other reason I did it this way was because I think it’s important for readers to see a different side of the bloggers that they read. I have a lot of people ask me how X is going and so thought that this might be a good way of keeping people in the loop without going off topic. I guess it didn’t work for a few people.
In terms of the speedlinking posts - I’d like to hear more on why you don’t like them as I do get a lot of positive feedback from them too. Again, my reasoning for them is simply that there are a lot of other blogs out there writing content that I think readers would find valuable. I want to be able to share it with readers and the speedlinking posts are a quick way to get what I consider to be worthwhile posts on my readers radar.
I can understand they are not everyone’s cup of tea though and would be interested on a little more feedback on what you don’t like about them and if/how they can be improved to make them more useful to you as a reader. As I always say - I welcome and seek this kind of feedback (it’s the first time anyone’s said it to me) but any suggestions would make it even more valuable.
Thanks for speaking up though - I appreciate that you take the time to let me know what you’re feeling.
Grant - thanks for the feedback, although I find it odd that you’d say that there was nothing but fluff in it but that you didn’t read past the picture or headline. More than happy to take some critique, but taking a moment to read the post you write off might give me a little more reason to take notice.
www.BloggingMix.com
July 7th, 2007 3:47 pm
Great work lil Problogger. I’m glad to have read your post.
Very creative Darren! Too bad we can’t please everyone. I hope to see more of your creative posts and wonderful insights.
Seduction Chronicle:
Are you kidding? This post is one of the most creative post I’ve read. Maybe you should start to be more creative in your posts. I’ve been to your blog and I think we both seriously need to be more creative with our post. Or we’ll kill our readers with boredom and ’same-same’ stuff.
And the SpeedLinking post was a great idea.
Hari
July 7th, 2007 4:17 pm
Happy Birthday to your son.
Very nice post Darren.
Grace
July 7th, 2007 5:35 pm
A very creative and amusing post! I love this!! happy birthday to your little x.
Karen (misc mum)
July 7th, 2007 8:15 pm
Oh! He is so cute. Hasn’t the year gone quick?!
CatherineL
July 7th, 2007 9:04 pm
Great post. You Australians have some strange names though. Your wife is V and your son is X. If you have a lot of pets, the name thing could soon get confusing.
Steve Harper
July 8th, 2007 2:22 am
Great post! Your son is a chip off the old block. Tell him Happy Birthday from Austin, Texas and to enjoy this year. It all changes when he hits two and for the most part is all downhill from there. :-)
Ripple On My Friend!!!
Steve
Sarat Chandran
July 8th, 2007 2:54 am
What a creative idea for a post!
I really enjoyed it. :-) And I think this is my first comment here.
Joanna Young
July 8th, 2007 6:43 am
Hi Darren, just wanted to say thanks for demonstrating such a professional response to handling comments - positive, critical, questioning and all.
One of the things I like about your blog is that we can learn as much (if not more) from the way that you do things as from what your write.
Joanna
Joh
July 8th, 2007 10:30 am
X, you have amazing eyes. Your advise was valuable and in language even I could get. Happy Birthday.
PS, I know you will doubt it one day, but your dad is very clever.
Kirk M
July 8th, 2007 10:43 am
Hi Darren,
Happy Birthday to little X. I hope the world is a kinder place for him when he’s your age.
Impressed with the way you handle the negative comments. It’s always one thing to be professional in a post, another when replying to comments in said post.
Hmmm, I wonder what kind of machine he’ll be pounding away on when he starts his own blog? Perhaps he’ll be the first 4 year old blogger in history. I suspect I’ll still be alive then. :D
Jason
July 8th, 2007 12:23 pm
That’s cute. But it also gives me insight into your daily focuses as a professional. I’m implementing these ideas into my strategy as we speak.
OpenSourceMarketer
July 8th, 2007 1:50 pm
That’s certainly is a creative use of your chromosomes. Thanks for being able to create something that is informative, entertaining and personal all at the same time. Genius.
Susie
July 8th, 2007 9:01 pm
This is a beautiful post! It’s so nice to get a sense of who you are outside of Problogging. I think that this humanized your blog… Don’t get me wrong. I love Problogger, and love what you do.. but this is like heart of the matter. :)
barry rutherford
July 8th, 2007 10:30 pm
Your son’s a natural. The “I”’s have it !
Sound tech
July 9th, 2007 5:53 am
Hey ! I learned a lot from your tips thanks dude. You will become a good blogger . Keep on blogging . :)
Robyn
July 9th, 2007 9:16 am
Hello Little X, as you’ve gleaned some lessons from Daddy, you’ve helped me, too. Great post, Darren. No wonder Liz picked it for SOB Cafe!
Opal: Vegan Momma
July 9th, 2007 10:10 am
I love this post! You have a handsome son. I always enjoy seeing the personal side of the blogger.
I can relate to spending a lot of time behind my MacBook Pro. I’m a business owner and work from home. I can relate to have unfinished posts I have many and some of them just have a title.
My daughter is four years old and has been using my other notebook HPdv6000t. She calls it “Zizzy”. Occasionally I’ll let her use my Mac.
One of the main reasons I like your blog is you’re very personable that is important as the excellent advice you give.
Oh by the way I love the computer I have the 17″ MacBook Pro also.
Quais
July 9th, 2007 7:52 pm
One of the best posts i’ve read in a long time. Very well done. Those who have left comments are, as you said, the ones who didn’t read the whole post.
It is good to see a personal touch in your blog every now and then. I am not married and don’t have not kids, and I still found this post very appealing and informative.
Also happy birthday to X. Looking forward to read his own blog one day :p
nazmieski
July 10th, 2007 1:51 am
The cutest baby bloggers on earth….Very nice postMay you’ll be a Problogger like your father. hehehe…. :)
Patrick
July 10th, 2007 5:55 am
Really enjoyed reading your blog post, thanks for the laughs.
Greetings
Lids
July 10th, 2007 10:28 am
Thank you…the post emanates calmness.
Barbara Swafford
July 10th, 2007 5:22 pm
Here’s hoping all of your son’s birthday wishes come true.
Point No. 4, drives it home for me. Blogs come, blogs go, but families and true friends are what it’s all about.. I think all bloggers should learn how to “shut it down”, create memories with loved ones, and spend a day, or at least a few hours, with no thoughts of blogging, stats, posts, etc….
Darren, you’re posts are always timeless, so if you decide to take additional time off to spend with your family, us loyal readers won’t mind waiting.
saiful
July 13th, 2007 3:09 pm
It’s cool..! awesome..!.. the world youngest blogger..he..he
Gordon Swaby
July 26th, 2007 6:52 am
Awesome post. Your son will be a brilliant blogger just like yourself
Cheers
Gordon Swaby
Vero
July 26th, 2007 6:33 pm
Awww lovely light hearted post, yet it rings very true. Little ones are precious and you’ve got to make the most of it while they’re young.
Thanks for making my morning that bit brighter :)
Vik
September 23rd, 2007 10:02 pm
Thats so sweet!
You are really innovative Darren! Thats what makes you different from others and a successful Blogger!
Sooooo much to learn from you!
Thanks always!
Corinne Edwards
September 24th, 2007 7:21 am
I don’t usually leave a comment on your posts because I am so new and still learning so much from you that I have little wisdom to add at this point. - I read every word.
But I am an authority on one subject as a grandmother.
THAT IS ONE BEAUTIFUL BABY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BOTH OF YOU!
Kerith Collins
September 24th, 2007 1:40 pm
thanks for speaking for all of us blogging parents!
Karen Putz
November 20th, 2007 9:15 am
Happy Birthday to your one-year-old! This was an amusing post!
Pamela Harper
March 22nd, 2008 10:15 am
Hi X,
Thanks for taking the time out of your busy day to tell us about your Dad and you. Sounds like you know your Dad pretty well already. He really does a great job of balancing life and work. I think that this must be one of the major keys to success as a problogger.
Happy Birthday X and many many more!
Pamela
charles
July 23rd, 2008 11:53 pm
LOL!
It was so fun reading this. And hope it is really true that your son was the one writing this one.
Money Making And Blogging Tips
Charles
http://www.resourcesandmoney.blogspot.com
Alex Wilson
July 30th, 2008 2:05 pm
Great idea publishing a post in the form of other’s point of view.
I have started doing this and getting a family friend to write articles pointed at Mum’s who want to save money:
http://www.savingsguide.com.au/
and visit mum’s corner.
Working quite well and my readers love it so far. Many posts to come as a result!
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