…be mindful to maintain some balance of content to focus on a variety of sub-topics: consistent enough to fit under the umbrella description of the greater text, yet not to stray so far from the readers’ expectations as to be regarded as a collection of disjointed and gratuitous ramblings…

Hello. Welcome. I’d like to take this moment to officially thank you, the loyal NoviceNotes^™ readers, for stopping by today. I sincerely hope that you continue to visit NoviceNotes.Net regularly (or if you prefer to consume knowledge in a more concise manner, perhaps you’d rather add my RSS Feed to your list of syndicated content). I’m delighted that you find something useful in my writing, but I must confess that I’m not particularly proud of my most recent contributions. Reading through NoviceNotes.Net today, I realized that, over the past few months, I’ve authored several consecutive Notes on nothing more than software reviews.

Please don’t misunderstand that I would regard such commentary on the quality of Software to be of lesser value to the reader, for example, than a tutorial article which might describe how to use the JavaScript XMLHttpRequest Object, for I would not bother to write about Software if I didn’t feel it had potential for being put to good use by you, the occasional passer-by (or as a future reference for myself). On the contrary, I believe the reader can benefit a great deal from the Author’s narrative on software, as such articles might lead the reader to find a new way to enhance his or her own productivity, or at best might introduce a tool which performs precisely some sought-after function in the area of server-side scripting, graphic design, CSS design, or any of a virtually endless list of taxing applications which the reader has been hoping to find can be made more manageable by this or that software described in a review. I’m concerned not about the importance of the material I’ve covered lately, but rather the importance of maintaining diversity of content, and whether there is an adequate balance of weight to keep the boat afloat.

So, you may consider this to be an article about articles; some writing about writing. When an author makes the bold leap from tinkering with a personal / private web log / on-line journal of random ‘stuff’, to attempting to contribute to a public resource like NoviceNotes^™, he or she should be mindful to maintain some balance of content to focus on a variety of sub-topics: consistent enough to fit under the umbrella description of the greater text, yet not to stray so far from the readers’ expectations as to be regarded as a collection of disjointed and gratuitous ramblings.

It is the latter that I wholeheartedly mean to avoid when I set out to add content to NoviceNotes.Net. I do not care to write for writing’s sake. It is much easier that I may sleep, knowing that I have done my best to contribute something to my neighbors’ understanding. I look forward to publishing my next article. If you’re a WordPress Novice and are eager for a few tips and tricks on how to make the most of your blog software, or if you’re a new web hosting account owner using cPanel software for the first time, then don’t miss my forthcoming article, tentatively titled:
A First-time WordPress User Setup and Administration Guide. Don’t touch that dial!