SheGeeks

Corvida is the proof that age doesn’t imply excellence. She’s regularly quoted on Mashable, friendly with everyone “in the know,” and is one of the guiding voices on social media. She was also recently added to the ReadWriteWeb writing team.

Hard to believe that (what seems to be) her first SheGeeks post was only tangentially related to Web 2.0, posted a little over 2 years ago. She makes mention of her soon-to-be-niche, but instead riffs on Machiavellianism, Photobucket, and age.

Pretty good first post. Not stellar, but it’s personal, educational, has a small prediction, and is definitely from a unique voice. Check it out.

“Photobucket”

Seth Godin’s Blog

Who’d'a thunk it? I got hit with two firsts today.

First, there’s Seth Godin’s first post. He doesn’t bother with an introduction (or any other sort of meta-blogging), instead jumping straight into the concise and insightful style that he’s known for. If this post was republished today, I wouldn’t know the difference.

Also, if you look at the trackbacks, there was apparently a blog that used to do the exact same concept as this one: “First Post!“. They haven’t posted anything since 2005, though; they were also only around for a month.

I can still say that, to the best of my knowledge, I’m the only one in this niche today.

“Boring”

Notcot

A compendium of awesomeness, Notcot features user-submitted articles filled with interesting and fun design ideas and aesthetics. Since starting in 2005, they’ve passed the 11,000-post benchmark and are still going incredibly strong.

Their first post, from some-time-in-2005, uses the exact same Polaroid-esque picture-and-caption-on-white-rectangle motif they’re still using today. It also links to Ryan McGinness’ “Pain-Free Kittens” installation, which is absolutely stunning.

If you’re not already contributing to the 2.5-million-plus monthly pageviews, do yourself a favour and check these guys and gals out already.

“#001″

Six Pixels of Separation

Mitch Joel is a well-known name in both the Canadian and the international marketing scene. His knowledge of and insight about the uses of social media is among the best on the web.

His first post isn’t great, but it’s not terrible, either. An apology of the failings of his old blog, and a promise of new things to come, all short and sweet. I’d give it a Bad-plus: you don’t know what’s coming and you don’t know who Mitch is… but he’s being concise and honest about it.

As a bonus, I’m giving you the link to his first post on his old blog, Multimarketing, as well. It’s more of a sales pitch than anything, but it establishes the fact that he’s a well-read thinker.

“Back from the Blogger” (SPOS)

“Reading” (Multimarketing)

Maddox (The Best Page In The Universe)

Do you read Maddox? You’re probably still in (or just out of) high school. Did you read Maddox, back in the day, before he was a New York Times bestseller? Congratulations, you’re cooler than me.

What’s with Tuesdays and ambiguous first posts? Maddox’s 1997 index is available only in JPEG, but it seems like the first article he posted is still around (The Best Movies In The Universe). To be safe, I’m also showing his first post from his 1998 archive (I’m Not Insane, Don’t Lock Me Up!).

It doesn’t matter which you pick. Both are filled with the cocky, hilarious writing Maddox is known for.

“The Best Movies In The Universe” (1997)

“I’m Not Insane, Don’t Lock Me Up” (1998)

MacRumors

One of two requests coming from choehn, I hunted down the first post of one of the on-line “watercoolers” for Mac lovers (AppleInsider, the older of the two, is going through some database renovations).

Back in 2000, when MacRumors first launched, they seem to have been more focused on news than rumors. Almost any one of the posts on their first live day answers “what just happened,” not “what might happen.” The site is about news and rumours, but I would have hoped they started with a little more “oomph.”

Regardless, their first wasn’t anything to write home about. Bonus points for first-posting on February 29, though.

“Don Crabb dies”

How to Change the World

For such an interesting Guy, Kawasaki’s first post does very little to keep me around. It’s a shame, too, because How to Change the World is a fantastic blog.

Sure: at the time, he was a brand name in the tech world… But that doesn’t give us any reason to listen. College professors are hammered all the time for doing the same thing. I read this and, in spite of my huge amount of respect for the Guy, I cringed at how bland this was.

What saves it from being “The Ugly” is its personal and humble take on the matter of starting a blog. The post that immediately followed it also gives it a couple of points in my books: Guy answers why we should care.

(I’m still reading, though.)

“Better Late Than Arrogant”

Boing Boing

In 2000, Mark Frauenfelder was a household name in tech. He was a former Wired editor, a monthly Playboy contributor, and had his own ‘zine (“coincidentally” named bOING bOING).

How could he have thought that publishing a single sentence was a good idea? Especially for something not particularly remarkable.

I’m glad they changed their style.

“Street Tech Reviews and news”

Regret The Error

Craig Silverman has never told a lie in his life.

Okay, that’s probably not true, but he’s on a mission to make news reporting more accurate and transparent. His first post takes a look at one of the biggest errors of omission this side of the Atlantic:

“Better late than never (for everyone)”

Blog Maverick

Mark Cuban confuses me. His “first” post is dated November 1999, but I’m more than just-a-bit-sure that that’s wrong. His next one is from the much more realistic March 2004.

The 1999 post reflects on his predictions of 1999 (hence the almost-undoubtedly modified date), and is pretty good: a humble look at predictions proved false. He also establishes his authority, by citing three big speeches he’s given.

The 2004 post is a little more scattered, though it’s still coherent. In a stream of consciousness look at the process of shooting promos for his new show, Cuban tells us about how fun it can be to hand people money, especially when it’s being given to loudmouthed irresponsible drivers.

I’m torn between The Good and The Bad for this, but I’m going to err on the side of good-ness, simply because I laughed out loud while reading each of them.

“What about my old predictions?” — 1999

“First day shooting promos for The Benefactor” — 2004