by Michelle Lentz
My personal blog pretty much lies dormant. With so many other blogs to write for, I’m often at my wit’s end. What on earth is left to write about on this last little blog? Plinky has arrived to put an end to that.
Plinky is a microblogging service that intends to put an end to blogger writer’s block. Plinky offers a series of prompts – questions – that you can answer. So far I’ve answered the equivalent of “What was your first job?” and “What do you wear when you get home from work?”
When you answer the question, you have the option to expand upon your thoughts and even add an introduction. After you publish to Plinky, you can still come back and edit your answer.
Like any good social network, you can follow others and people can follow you. On Plinky, interacting with others is sort of like a virtual brainstorming session, helping you to piggyback and learn from the ideas of your friends.
When you’ve written your short Plink, you can publish it to Twitter, Facebook, or your blog.
Founder Jason Shellen told VentureBeat that he started Plinky to help fight blogger’s block. “After years of blogging, it turns out I’m that person.”
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