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Once upon a time, about 7 or 8 years ago, I used to be a regular blogger.  I had begun to get some decent traffic with my ramblings and its unique designs.  I ran on the MovableType blogging platform and was a die hard fan.

But then, somehow, someone opened up a huge window into the Blogosphere and a throng of “common” folk flooded in, inundating this once trendy neighborhood with mediocre jetsom and flotsom.  It had a big effect on things for me.  It made me want to stop writing, and even more, it made me want to stop reading other blogs and participate in their comments—the primary original driving force behind having a blog. 

And now, I’m a lot more grown up from when I started.  MoveableType has matured considerably, but lost a healthy set of its followers back when 3.0 came out and they decided to introduce a pay model.  Big mistake on their part.  And lots of people swarmed to WordPress. 

WordPress is a good CMS for blogging, and its active community has definitely provided a hefty catalog of available themes, widgets, and plugins.  And that’s great if you don’t like getting your hands dirty with the inner workings of your blog.

To me, if this is the place I’m supposed to sit down and spend time and effort into writing my thoughts, I want it to be something that really represents me and who I am.  After all, being a web designer, I feel a website’s appearance says mountains about the individual.  What does your blog say about you?

My blog is using Expression Engine.  In fact, I’m running the 2.0 beta, which I’ve completely fallen in love with.  This theme I am using at the moment is not one of my own creation.  It will be eventually—but I am still learning this platform’s inner workings, and need something functional as I experiment.

Who knows, maybe I’ll start posting some of my old entries.