Fun with Personal Web Pages

I setup my first personal web page when I was in high school, partially to see if I could do it and partially because of the novelty of the thing. 

I used it to keep people up to date on what was going on in my life as a sort of public diary.  It was a blog (or web-log in the old days), and though few people knew what blogging was back then, now just about everyone knows what it is and what it can do for them. 

For the beginner who is still not sure, a blog is a website with usually consists of posts entered at successive dates; these posts are usually ordered in chronological or reverse chronological order, and can literally be about any topic you can imagine.  Many blog hosting sites also support photographs, and all support hyperlinks.

Why create a website page?

There are many reasons people do things online. Some is for fun, some is for business or just to talk about concerns with friends and relatives. Yours will be different from mine.

Personal web pages take on a lot of different forms, from diary-style entries for friends and family to lists of book and movie reviews and recommendations to political manifestos. 

My personal blog is even more important to me now that I’ve moved away from my childhood friends and family since it allows them to keep in touch with me and keep tabs on what I’m up to without requiring me to send them periodical emails or letters. 

Announce or talk – About whatever you want

The web site also serves as a convenient place for me to vent problems and concerns or to make announcements about parties or important events in my life.  You can do almost anything you want with your own personal web page, since it’s yours and yours alone. With that said, get started designing yours today so you can talk online tonight!

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