"Welcome to Ollie's Dayorama Ratings. Here, I'll be giving my rating (and an explanation) of the day gone by."

The very first words on Dayorama, written by Ollie on 22 August 2002. The idea: a blog where Ollie and co-founder OJ 'rate the day' using a sort of Beaufort Scale for news between 0 and 12.

The concept earned Dayorama recognition from The Guardian when the newspaper shortlisted it for the 2002 Best British Blog award.

Since then Dayorama has become a personal blog and Ollie's presence has been the one constant between 2002 and now.

As well as designing and maintaining the blog he's been ever-present among the ranks of those actively writing - on topics ranging from football and politics to travel and music (he spotted the Kaiser Chiefs before they made it big, the only time he's ever pre-empted a bandwagon). He's also a keen photographer and cameraman when he gets the chance.

Ollie, born in High Wycombe on 1 November 1984, studied at Oxford alongside fellow Dayorama contributors OJ and Amy, then worked alongside the latest Dayorama recruit, David Sheppard, in BBC local radio. He's currently a journalist for BBC Sport.

Contact Ollie: ollie (dot) williams (at) gmail (dot) com