What Not to Do When You Blog

Often, while sifting through the mountain of daily Gothamist correspondence, we come across emails asking for advice about starting a blog. Why anyone would consider Gothamist an authority on the sweet, intricate science of blogging is beyond us — but we are loathe to sidestep our obligation to respond. Here then, based on our blog-exploration…

Spam and excuses

Think about it — do you really believe that person who says they couldn’t do something because “something came up?” That they couldn’t do their homework because the printer broke? Lame…. These lies will work as excuses because no one believes excuses anyway! And to think, if they are outrageous lies, they will become more…