So what have we learned in our first year blogging at the YLB?  Here is our totally opinionated list, derived specifically from our experience with this blog only:

For Part I, here are the dos:

• DO have as many contributors as possible.  In addition to having articles coming from a variety of people, it helps to have a number of people involved in the editing and “managing.”  We, after all, have day jobs.
• DO create recurring “themes” which can be used for articles on similar topics or forms.  Sometimes it is easier to “see” an article in a news story or experience in the form of something we have done before.
• Do get people involved, who want to do it.  It is no use having a practice group leader “suggest” that someone write an article or participate in the blog.  People need to want to do it!
• DO employ the grammar-police.  Like most writing, it is impossible for one person to catch all the mistakes and typos.  With more casual writing like this, it can be easier to make gaffes.