This site reviews social media sites such as news and friend aggregators, social bookmarking and networking sites, as well as create primers on web technologies.
scrib - Latin for write, for example scribble, ascribe, scripture, conscript, proscribe, or describe.
kin - Old English for family, relatives. For example, next of kin.
Together, the family bound by writing. scribkin.
I started this site in March, 2008 primarily for three reasons:
- To learn how to set up my own Wordpress blog and teach myself PHP and other technologies. I have had a personal blog for years, but I decided the best way to ‘break into the business’ so to speak was to just dive in to the deep end, find something I liked to blog about, register a domain and set up a site. I will admit that I took some shortcuts.. I went with Dreamhost who had a new version of Wordpress available as an auto-install option, complete with themes.
- To hone my skills as a blogger. Again, I’ve maintained a personal blog for a long time.. but there you have no time pressures. Sure, some people update multiple times a day, but it is uncommon. However, on a news blog it is expected to be fresh all the time. That means update, update, update. This has been a challenge for me, but it is a habit I need to get myself in to. And while my blog is young and has little to no readers, I am not unduly worried about a disappointed/angry readership.
- To build a portfolio of work. Just like an artist has a collection, or an ad designer has a portfolio, so do I need a proven track record of strong, prolific journaling or (dare I say it?) journalism. This site, if it does not explode with popularity, will at the very least be something I can refer to and say, “This is my work.”
I hope you find the site easy to navigate and the content interesting and informative! Please feel free to comment or email webmaster (at) scribkin.com if you have any comments or suggestions.
