One the 15th of November, 2007 I started this blogging adventure. From my humble beginnings I posted my mission statement with a basic topic of sailing. At the time I thought that writing about my hobby would be interesting. But when push came to key stroke I had writer’s block. So then the blog topic changed to “Sailing, techno gadgets, fitness and finance - stay tuned“. From here, randomness set in and has been going strong ever since. The funny thing is this - JohnnyMestizo[dot]com (JM) has allowed me to write about whatever topic I take interest in at the time. I write what I want.
The Evolution of Johnny Mestizo [dot] com
A year on JM is as random as ever and I believe I will keep it this way. I have tried to create other specialised blogs with limited success. I found that spreading the limited time I have across a variety of blogs meant I could maybe post once a week from each. A posting frequency of once a week is good for me and my lifestyle. Two things were raised above: Firstly do I write across multiple niche blogs or write with one multi-topic blog, and secondly do I write big posts with 1 week breaks or write small posts with 1 day breaks. My preferences have evolved to the following tendencies… Read the rest of this entry »
Pop the champagne (sparkling) and let the celebrations begin! The 15th-Nov-07 marks the first post of this blog!
As you can tell time does change a blog. What have I learn since those good ol’ days? A time for reflection.
- Wordpress is the superior blog platform with Blogspot themes boring and platform lacking support
- Get web hosting for total control - pay for it using monetization.
- Mission Statement: ‘Yacht Blog’ - hmmm… I couldn’t generate that topic content so I diversified. Check out Why No Niche? Random Blogging Explained
- If you want readers then write good content. As it stands my greatest article of all time is Adventure into the Volcano
- Blogging as a hobby takes creativity, time, discipline and an understanding loving partner! :p
- Most of all - Blogging is fun! I vent frustration, observations, achievements, superiority… I blog therefore I am!
A super huge thank you goes out to all! Cheers 
Christmas was excellent. I have been privileged to spend time with family this year. My best wishes go out to all of the men and women who have to be away from family and friends for work reasons.
Chickens, Cheezels and cheesecakes have been devoured in outstanding numbers but this morning is a new day. I hit the road with my Xmas pressie, my new Asics runners. A simple 25 minute Long Slow Distance run in Adelaide’s North Eastern suburbia. Getting back into fitness, the tequila shots stop now! Nothing cures a hangover better than an enduring sweat-fest jog.
Nothing beats seeing family for Christmas! Wishing you all a safe fun filled Christmas season!
Ingatz
Just a note johnnymestizo[dot]com will be getting a lot of work over the Christmas break! From here I will try to increase quality content as much as possible. Also I will be taking the blog off wordpress.com servers to my own host allowing the addition of small advertisements and proper Amazon links for my book reviews. A rough guide to what the site will feature is taking from the pages.
STOMP - My travel articles from worldly places such as Philippines, Hong Kong, and Japan. Also areas around Australia will be very much a target!
SAILIN - I find sailing a brilliant relaxing past time and wish to share my experiences on the oceans as much as possible.
ACTIVE - Fitness is important to me general news links and possibly training programs will be prevalent here.
REVIEW - My top 3 favourite books and a review on each one! Workout your muscles and your brain too. Get your brain MASSIF! This site is a constantly evolving beast and I will serve it religiously.
Til next time - Ingatz!
I’m bloggin second night in a row ! How long will this last let’s see 
What I’ve been focusing on is videos, slideshows, thinkin of music to liven it up. However, I will revert to the old line “You can’t beat content” so ill post a worthy read up here soon. Having an avenue to express is good and all but ill keep to the point.
Just to let you know my main experience is merely yacht cruising however looking at the video I can see where I want to be. ABN AMRO knows how to sponsor a yacht - Damn! This site is to show the world sailing is the ultimate past time ! No bias of course but hey.
Will article blog soon thanx !
