My very first blog Today's group project opportunity in the Blaugust event is the following writing prompt: I started my very first blog on 7 December 2005, more than 20 years ago. I was a university student back then, full of optimism and energy. I started blogging just days before my very first book was published. Yes, I wrote two books, maybe three. I'll post about them later. Promise. I mostly posted about writing, university life, and random thoughts. As I was one of the first students to take notes with a laptop, I also shared my university notes there. (I wrote about that in a bit more detail here.) Those downloads generated most of the traffic. I also wrote about books, movies, anime, manga, video games, and more. It was a Blogger-based blog, back when Google wasn't as evil as it is now. I also tried Microsoft Live Writer, which was pretty decent compared to Blogger's own bare-bones editor. My last post on the blog was published on 28 June 2009. During those three and a half years, I wrote 704 posts. That's almost one post every two days. Overall, it wasn't a bad blog, but looking back with the perspective I have today, I'd be much less inclined to act like I had all the answers on many topics. I'd be more restrained in expressing my opinions. That's why I made the blog private years ago. I archived it, and it will soon be deleted together with my Google Account. The original version of this post is part of the Blaugust 2026 series on my blog along with: A library without walls Memories Taken by the Heat Bombanana! Blaugust 2026