First there was STOMP, now there’s MONSTERBLOG
Following on the heels of Singapore’s Straits Times and their STOMP portal comes MonsterBlog, a product of Malaysia’s New Straits Times in association with Jaring.
Unlike STOMP which gathered a bunch of celebrities and a couple of journalists and have them blog, MonsterBlog has instead a bunch of seasoned Malaysian bloggers (including an honourary one) plus two journalists. And unlike STOMP’s high concept portal, MonsterBlog runs on Wordpress and looks and feels like just a regular blog. Why reinvent the wheel right?
The roster includes the following bloggers:
- Kimberlycun
- KYSpeaks
- Paul Tan
- Joyce the Fairy
- Minishorts
- ShaolinTiger
- Peter Tan
- Suanie
- Sultan Muzaffar
- Joe Rodrigo
- Srikathirasa
Having more and more bloggers being introduced to the mainstream can only be a good thing. Personally though, I might have second thoughts about it if I’m ever that high profile to get invited to such a thing. Why? Not that I wouldn’t want the extra attention and fame, but I feel that I just don’t need the pressure to write for *two* blogs.
I’m selfish that way - I want to write all my best stuff for my own blog. But if any newspapers wanna feature my writing now and again, I’m ok with that. 
New Straits Times - MoNSTer move into blogging
(via ShaolinTiger)
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6 Responses to “First there was STOMP, now there’s MONSTERBLOG”
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Jul 17 2006 / 7:10 pm
rawr!
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Jul 17 2006 / 8:27 pm
looks more professional than stomp. really. more enjoyable to read.
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Jul 17 2006 / 10:58 pm
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Jul 18 2006 / 10:25 am
we do not write on monster as often as we do on our own blogs, doesn’t take up that much time actually.
Rowaoww
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Jul 18 2006 / 12:44 pm
KY: oh right, so it’s a once-a-week thing perhaps? Got it.
meow.
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