As I am just staring off my blogging career very late in the game I look to the other established and successful blogs for inspiration and help. I thought it would be a good idea to see how some of these famous blogs got their start by looking at their first post. Although most probably aren’t their true first post, here are the first post of each from these blogs. They are in no specific order except other than how they appear in my bookmarks.

John Chow - Welcome To The New JohnChow.com - Dec 1, 2005

Shoemoney - So I met Paris Hilton - Oct 11, 2004

Problogger - How to Start a Weblog - Sept 23, 2004 - It appears that Darren simple added a bunch of posts from his personal blog so I just picked one of the initial lot.

Smashing Magazine - Diagrams: Tools and Tutorials- Sept 1, 2006

Copyblogger - SOLD - Jan 9, 2006

A List Apart - Issue 8 - March 12, 1999 - Not sure why issue 8 is their earliest post but there are some strange things going on with their first issues. Issue 8 is followed by 40. The issues don’t start to go in sequential order until issue 54.

SEO Book - Going Going …Gone - Dec 1, 2003

Freelance Switch - Paris Hilton’s Top 5 Tips for Freelancers - Apr 21, 2007

David Airey - What is graphic design? - Oct 8, 2006

Engadget - T-Flash: aka “Yet Another Memory Card Format” - Mar 2, 2004

TechCrunch - Technorati Beta Profile - Jun 11, 2005

Cameron Moll - Comments are now open - March 22, 2004

Dosh Dosh - MyLot Make Money Starting Discussions - Nov 12, 2006

Performancing - The Art of Linkbaiting - May 18, 2005