Dec 01 2007
NaBloPoMo Personal Statistics and Trivia
| Total Number of Posts | 30 |
| Number of Posts Missed | 0 |
| Number of Late Posts | 0 |
| Number of occurrences of “NaBloPoMo” | 0 |
| Total Number of Words | 3809 |
| Average Number of Words Per Post | 127 |
| Total Number of Photos | 33 |
| Average Number of Photos Per Post | 1 |
| Total Number of Comments | 23 |
| Average Number of Comments Per Post | .75 |
The only reason I decided to participate in NaBloPoMo was that I discovered a way to post photos directly to my blog via my phone via Flickr. I realize that posting a photo to a blog is a cheap and dirty way out of the obligatory post-every-day rule, but I am a photographer more than I am a writer and I wouldn’t have participated otherwise. At the beginning of the NaBloPoMo experiment I thought I would end with about 28 posts containing a photo with no text, and maybe two “real” posts with text but no photo. I ended up writing much more than I though I would, especially in the end.
Over the month of November, as I thought about things to write about, I came up with ideas for actual writing projects related to photography. One of those ideas, “Stupid Tricks”, I started during NaBloPoMo (here and here). I’ll be writing more of those in the future, but I’ll probably come up with a better title at some point.
NaPoBloMo gave me an idea for my next blog-related project: Cameraphone 365. This is (or will be) a variation of Project 365, where you post a single photo every single day for an entire year. The variation is that I will use my cameraphone to take the photos rather than having to lug my Nikon around with me every day. I’ll set up a special blog for the project and begin January 1. Anyone care to join me? All you need is a cameraphone that can email pictures and a free Flickr account. I could host your blog. Come on. You know you want to. We’ll do it together. It’ll be fun.
I’m in! I just got a new phone with a camera and I have a Flickr account :) What do I need to do?
Sweet! A taker! I think everything you need to know about using Flickr to autopost to your blog is here: http://www.flickr.com/help/blogging/. Heck, you don’t even have to have a dedicated blog. You could always create a set in Flickr for CameraPhone365 photos. Your call though.
I’ll email you offline to discuss whether or not you want me to set and host a blog for your on my server or if you plan on hosting it yourself.
I love the idea! Right now I don’t have email on my phone, but I’m so smitten with Rena’s new phone that I’m already trying to figure out if I can get one, too. This is just more incentive!
Awesome. I hope you join us. 28 days to get ready!