It is past midnight and I have just closed down a particular file called bloggertalks.psd. It just happens to contain the final Bloggertalks layout draft, which will be getting the Wordpress theme treatment during the upcoming days.

Earlier I showed you the logo but if you’re expecting screenshots you’ll be disappointed, I’m keeping the layout for myself a little while longer.

There will be a splash page up over at bloggertalks.com, however, and I’ll kick my extremely talented writer into action as well as (hopefully) recruit one or two more.

Remember when I wrote that I felt like starting a blog network, and you didn’t take me seriously? Well, you’ll see.

PS. I’ve also updated the Projects page. Nighty-night!

Go figure huh? Want to know what it is and why I’ve chosen it? Do you really?

Of course you do.

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I’d like to talk a little about the first international blog I’ll be launching. Actually, I intend to do it in a number of brief posts covering both the creation process and the actual vision of the site.

So yeah, the launch is imminent, a couple of weeks away if nothing evil happen. Which it will, so I’ve planned accordingly – this isn’t my first site launch, as I’ve pointed out previously.

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I’ve been thinking of whether to blog about how things are going for my upcoming launches. Kicking off in a new (well) language is hard enough, and I probably run into choices others won’t even see or bother to make during the start-up phase of everything.

Still, letting you all know how it goes feels a bit awkward. I’m afraid there’ll be too many posts where I won’t be able to get any facts out there, just hinting stuff. Those posts suck.

Then again, the ride could be a bit interesting, to follow in the present as well as returning to when I’m all done.

I’ll play it by hand until I get to a place where I feel I have reached far enough to let you guys in on the bigger picture. Which or course won’t feel so big to you, since you won’t be able to grasp it all without pouring through my brain and cluttered notebooks…

No easy choices here, but I think I just decided to keep everyone who cares somewhat posted here. Now how’s that for creative blogging, sorting things out on the go!

It’s such a rush having set things in motion. I’m quite full of it actually, even though I’ve launched a good number of sites and projects over the years – some mine and some not.

I’m not exactly new to this, but still it feels so fresh.

Venturing into the English speaking segments of the Internet, the huge international parts, was a big step for me. It’s a whole new ballgame where my ten years in this business needs to be tweaked and put into a different light.

That’s a good thing, and during the two years I’ve spent watching and learning what’s happening in the blogosphere, with Web 2.0 and all the hype, well, I’ve picked up quite a few things. Some clash with past experiences, while others proves to be springboards from what I’ve done before.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen. I’m getting ready for international launches. That’s plural, there will be more than this first little blogospheric thingy. Three this year if all turns out well, but it could be less but hardly more.

It’ll be interesting to pit my experience and knowledge of, well, making kick-ass web sites, against the rest of the world.

‘Cause Sweden suddenly felt very small.

Today I spent $36 on registering three domains for upcoming projects, including the upcoming one I wrote about earlier. Well, soon anyway, I’m expecting the final receipt any minute now. It’s here and they’re all mine!

Yep, stuff’s going on.

Now if I just could find some time to write a few words about The Scar…

Blog network b5media just announced that they’ve secured $2 million in funding. The whys from an investors’ point of view gets laid out by Rick Segal, and a nice resume of what’s happened is available at The Blog Herald.

Sweet, and congrats b5’ers! It’ll be interesting to see what comes out of the additional cash.

Martin Neumann, who also writes for The Blog Herald, commented on my recent post regarding Instablogs niche gadget blogs. He, just like me, thinks it’s a good idea to go deep rather than wide (his words, but still true) as a blog network, delivering niche sites within the network rather than competing with established hotshots.

Like Instablogs does, because by launching their niche gadget blogs they won’t fall victim to giants like Engadget or Gizmodo.

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I really should be writing something else at the moment. News, articles, The Blog Herald posts – anything really. But sometimes things just doesn’t work out that way.

I feel like starting a blog network.

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