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Too Little, Too Soon

When I launched this site in January, I promised myself I would never write apologising for a lack of new content, or would at least put off such a post for as long as possible. Of course, just three months down the line, AS Level coursework and exam preparation have crept up on me and I’ve already caved.

Blogging ain’t Easy

I knew that maintaining a steady stream of interesting content would take effort but, perhaps naively, hadn’t counted on it taking up so much time. The nine posts I have made since New Year all took longer than expected, most likely due to me being obsessional and refusing to publish them until I was absolutely happy.

Not only has the frequency of posts suffered because of this tendancy, but I’m afraid the tone of the site has been affected too. The posts so far have been rather more formal than I intended, probably as a result of over-editing and wanting to make a good impression.

I have a to-write list on my desktop that stretches into double figures and I am genuinely enthusiastic about getting stuff on here. So, in an attempt to move things along, I’ve decided to lighten up a bit, hopefully reducing the turnaround time for posts and giving you a better idea of what I’m like.

I’ve made this the first post of the Life category, one of the few categories I always had in mind when designing this blog. I realise many of you won’t be too bothered…

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Sam Rayner

Sam Rayner is a 17 year old web developer from Birmingham, UK. When he’s not pushing pixels or grumbling about IE Sam enjoys , sport, photography and writing about himself in third person. You can reach him at .

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