2. An introduction to blogging
Blog = Web Log
What’s in Rebecca’s Pocket?
www.RebeccaBlood.net
7. Follow Me Here
www.FollowMeHere.com
Unlike a list of quot;cool linksquot;, the links in
a blog are quot;hotquot;, more timely and
dated … Another maven describes a
weblog as quot;kind of a continual tour,
with a human guide whom you get to
knowquot;.
16. Dooced
Getting fired because of something that you
wrote in your weblog.
quot;Blogger Heather B. Armstrong coined the
phrase in 2002, after she was fired from her
Web design job for writing about work and
colleagues on her blog, Dooce.comquot;
(Source: Yahoo.com)
From UrbanDictionary.com
20. Please explain how
our underwear can
fall off when you're
standing in the
posture of the
Colussus of Rhodes.
…
Celery is present. No
leering man, though.
In fact, she stands in
a disembodied
universe, a Magritte-
like expanse of
surreal oblivion
beyond.
21. New software, New freedom
Blogspot/Blogger
Six Apart: Moveable Type (Typepad)
Wordpress.org (Wordpress.com)
22. What makes a blog a blog?
Dynamic Dialogue
◦ Ever changing ◦ Comments
◦ Easily updated ◦ Trackbacks
◦ Reasons to revisit ◦ Site-to-site
discussions
23. Anatomy of a Blog
HEADER
SIDEBA
R
CONTENT
FOOTER
25. Getting started
Why do you want to blog?
Who do you want to read you?
26. Getting started
Why do you want to blog?
Who do you want to read you?
How much control do you want over
your design?
27. Getting started
Why do you want to blog?
Who do you want to read you?
How much control do you want over
your design?
How technically proficient are you?
28. The Basics
Create content
Invite conversation
29. The Basics
Create content
Invite conversation
AND
Customize the look (themes)
Add functionality (plugins/widgets)
30. The Basics
Create content
Invite conversation
AND
Customize the look (themes)
Add functionality (plugins/widgets)
EXAMPLES!! (get your pens ready)
35. Use a hosted service
If you’re afraid of code
If you’re not sure if you’ll keep your blog up
If you don’t care about having lots of control
If you’re not interested in customization
36. Host your own
If you want to be able to tweak your
software
If you’re not afraid of a little coding
If you like to figure things out yourself
If you want to customize your look and
options
37. Host your own
If you want to be able to tweak your
software
If you’re not afraid of a little coding
If you like to figure things out yourself
If you want to customize your look and
options
If you ARE afraid of coding, don’t want to
figure things out yourself but have some
cash to spare and are willing to hire
someone else to do the customization
42. Why I love WordPress
Open source
Tons of themes
Tons of plugins
44. Get your blog house in order
Have a plan
Execute your vision
Be flexible
quot;How do I know what I think, until I see
what I say?quot; ~E.M. Forster
45. Claim your online real estate
Get your domain name
Choose your social networks
Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn
Explore Micro-blogging
Twitter, Plurk, Tumblr
Network around your interests
LibraryThing, Flickr, Etsy
46. Get your blog out there
Commenting
Add your blog url to your email sig
Links
Tie your networks together