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Modus Operandi: LJ
Feb. 7th, 2007 01:30 pmI think today I'll explain how I use LJ. Because writing it out in public might help me see flaws in the way I do things.
I use Windows XP on an older Gatway PC.
Pentium 4 - 1.4 Ghz - 384 MB RAM
For Livejournal I use three different programs. I used to just use Firefox and the web interface because I didn't want to install any more software. But I found it harder and harder to find what I wanted in my own journal, the post a new entry thing kept screwing up, and there was that link suggesting I could use a client program. So Now I use Semagic to post entries and LJ archive to keep a backup and search my entries. I'm still working on tagging all my back entries using Semagic, it is easier to tag back entries that way.
To navigate various pages on livejournal I use bookmarks in my browser. I find it a lot easier than using the silly tab at the top of the page thing in Livejournal so I have it turned off. It also helps to hold the line on not having my viewable area reduced by every new layer. It also prevents me having to find where the heck I should look for a feature if LJ decides to reorganize things again since the page names seem to stay the same for the most part. I also have a few links on my journal for those times when I'm not at my own computer and for the convenience of other readers. And when I don't have anything else to do I try to add entries to my tags and my memories so I have a nice index.
I have a couple public lists that I break up my journal reading into. General, Fannish, Local, Far Away, and Writers. I used to use an artists category, but it didn't get used much. I also browse various communities via groupings like Gay, Meta, and Fashion. The Fashion one is rather weak right now, most fashion blogging/writing seems to take place elsewhere. I'm thinking of trying to use google's blog reader thing for them.
I use my Journal as a sort of personal random fan 'zine. Or at least that's how I think of how I use it. Stuff about my life as a fan. And I'm trying to get back to my fiction writing so that I have something to put in my writing community![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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I read journals I find interesting. Occasionally I add someone to my list who's journal I don't read because that person wants to read my private entries about things like sex and much more personal stuff.
I use Windows XP on an older Gatway PC.
Pentium 4 - 1.4 Ghz - 384 MB RAM
For Livejournal I use three different programs. I used to just use Firefox and the web interface because I didn't want to install any more software. But I found it harder and harder to find what I wanted in my own journal, the post a new entry thing kept screwing up, and there was that link suggesting I could use a client program. So Now I use Semagic to post entries and LJ archive to keep a backup and search my entries. I'm still working on tagging all my back entries using Semagic, it is easier to tag back entries that way.
To navigate various pages on livejournal I use bookmarks in my browser. I find it a lot easier than using the silly tab at the top of the page thing in Livejournal so I have it turned off. It also helps to hold the line on not having my viewable area reduced by every new layer. It also prevents me having to find where the heck I should look for a feature if LJ decides to reorganize things again since the page names seem to stay the same for the most part. I also have a few links on my journal for those times when I'm not at my own computer and for the convenience of other readers. And when I don't have anything else to do I try to add entries to my tags and my memories so I have a nice index.
I have a couple public lists that I break up my journal reading into. General, Fannish, Local, Far Away, and Writers. I used to use an artists category, but it didn't get used much. I also browse various communities via groupings like Gay, Meta, and Fashion. The Fashion one is rather weak right now, most fashion blogging/writing seems to take place elsewhere. I'm thinking of trying to use google's blog reader thing for them.
I use my Journal as a sort of personal random fan 'zine. Or at least that's how I think of how I use it. Stuff about my life as a fan. And I'm trying to get back to my fiction writing so that I have something to put in my writing community
storyguypress. I read journals I find interesting. Occasionally I add someone to my list who's journal I don't read because that person wants to read my private entries about things like sex and much more personal stuff.