Web 2.0

So I've been thinking about migrating this blog to a better site. Blogspot is a great, simple, and FREE blogging site but I want something more customizable and versitile. I mean, come on! We live in a web 2.0 society! Some would even say we live in a Web 2.5 or even Web 3.0 society now. But who am I to say this? I don't even have a Facebook page.

It's prety cheap to host a blog, I've seen prices starting at $5 to $9 per month. The only thing I hate about it is getting all that spam when you make your email address with your website name. Google's spam filter is pretty good. At work, about 15% of all messages are non-spam and on average I get about 75 emails a day (only about 5-10 are for me). Yes, I look at my work's spam reports.

Somethings I want to add to this blog:

- A "What I'm listening/reading to..." tool thing on the side. I think I can start another Twitter account and just name it "Johan's listening/reading:" and then I'll tweet in what I'm listening/reading. I think Amazon has a tool bar that does this as well.

- Some tabs on top that have certain focuses like "About us," or "How Pajjar and I met and our wedding," or "Johan's guitar gear," or "Johan's recording studio," or "Places we've ate at," or "Johan's music," or "Pajjar's Wedding Planning Services."

- Pictures from our phones or an online photo album account in the sidebar.

- YouTube videos that I like or that I've uploaded in the sidebar.

- A most recent comments section in the sidebar.

Those are just some of the things that I would like to put up on this blog. It's not that Blogspot isn't capable of doing these things it's that I don't know HTML and customizing layouts on Blogspot is a pain. I'd rather just use a template or some type of drag-and-drop software.

What I really want this blog to look like would be a hybrid of a blog, a personal website, and a social media website, like Facebook, and an informational website, that is linked to various social media tools like Twitter, Stumble Upon, etc., and will allow me to update it instantly, even from my phone, and let people know what we're up to.

Plus it has to look good! Good design is super important, infact, I consider it crucial, and that's the main reason why I want to leave Blogspot, I want a cooler looking blog.