{"id":9573,"date":"2005-10-14T03:42:54","date_gmt":"2005-10-14T00:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/10\/14\/cyprus-scout-beta-announce\/"},"modified":"2005-10-14T03:43:38","modified_gmt":"2005-10-14T00:43:38","slug":"cyprus-scout-beta-announce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/10\/14\/cyprus-scout-beta-announce\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus Scout beta announce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have been thinking a lot about my blog and ways to improve it. I was talking with some of you guys. And some of you were talking to me. I’ve got a few ideas in the process and I am going to try one of the big ones now.<\/p>\n

While the site started mainly for myself (and it still is), it becomes more and more difficult to ignore the rest of you. And when I think about the rest of you, I get really confused as to what brings you back every time to read my blog. Some of you come here for the personal stuff. Some of you seek technical help. Some of you respect my opinion on the movies. Some of you are parents. Some of you like photography. Some of you are looking for more information about Cyprus. Some of you just like the way I write. That last one is probably the smallest group though which doesn’t even include me. Anyway, all these looks like a lot of sides to a single site. So, I decided to try a little separation.<\/p>\n

There is plenty of choice. What should I move away? There are plenty of photoblogs<\/a> on the web. Yet another one will just get lost among them. Movie review blogs are numerous aswell. As are technical blogs. As are parenting. As are personal. But there is a definite lack of Cyprus blogs. So I decided to try it out.<\/p>\n

Cyprus Scout<\/a> is a blog about Cyprus.<\/strong> There won’t be any politics. There won’t be any real estates. There won’t be any crap that half a million spammers are trying to promote. There will events coverage. There will be discussions about culture, history, and traditions. There might even be some humor.<\/p>\n

I am also planning to expand it beyond personal. At the moment I am the only writer, photographer, and editor in chief for that site. But I will get more people to contribute. I even already know a few who will. It’s just that they don’t. Yet.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the site is currently in beta. It needs a lot of work. And it undergoes a lot. It can break or misbehave. But I wanted to let you all know that it is there and that you can start using it. Register, comment, suggest, submit drafts, correct. In a week or so when the dust will settle, I will make an announcement for the wider audience – Cyprus forums, other blogs, and a couple of portals. Until them – report bugs and help me out.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

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