Bob just posted about his new Blog. I know that z and arnie have had Blogs, and now I just read that Seanahan has a Blog. So I am wondering, how many here have their own Blogs? We should put them on our home page.

Question:
Do you have your own Blog?

Choices:
Yes!
No, but I'm in the process of starting one.
No, though I'm thinking about it.
No.
Absolutely, positively NO! I hate them!

 

One of those yes votes was me.
I would like to know who else here has a blog so that I can go and read them. The trouble is that blogs seem like a good idea when you start them but it's hard to maintain sufficient level of interest to spend the time making entries. As I said my new one is my second. The old one is still there having had three entries in three years.

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arnie, do you still have a blog? If you do what's the link for it?

I do, but it's been called a "slice of dry white bread" "Dull dull dull -- yet admittedly informative" so read at your own risk.

I've still got it, but it's pretty well moribund. It's at http://apalmer.typepad.com/alans_blog/

I doubt that there will be many posts of interest to Wordcrafters.

Well, I do, even though I posted that I don't. The reason? Because only our members can access it. And since our members have a hard time with computers generally, they surely don't read it. So my poor little Blog just sits there.

Elledee has a nursing Blog, she says. I haven't been there, but I'd like to see it. I hope she stops by this thread.

there's another possibility, not included in your survey:

O I did, as an experiment, but it failed dismally, in all senses of the word*.

*choose your word; experiment, failed, dismally

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Originally posted by Kalleh:
Well, I do, even though I posted that I don't. The reason? Because only our members can access it. And since our members have a hard time with computers generally, they surely don't read it. So my poor little Blog just sits there.

It takes a grand total of about ten minutes to set one up - and that only if you include your profile - so if you wish to reach a wider audience (though given the millions of blogs out there, it's by no means certain that you will) it's a simple enough job.

Choosing the name takes longer than setting up the blog.

If you have a gmail account, setting up a blog doesn't even require making an account. Mine is The Spherical Influence. With BlogSpot (through google), you should be able to change the title as your leisure, and the URL is easy if you use your handle.

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O I did, as an experiment, but it failed dismally, in all senses of the word*.

Did it fail in the sense that no one came? Or did you just not keep it up? I suspect I'd not keep it up if I didn't get comments.

I clicked "no, but I'm in the process of starting one." My intention, however, is to take advantage of some education-slanted blogware I happened across, as a place to gather links, articles, et al useful to students/ schools/ parents. I don't see myself pontificating in regular entries.

This low-techie found the first couple of steps so mind-boggling that it may be a while before it's functional. As a not-very-digital home-computer-user, I find the user-friendly instructions.. well, hostile. I had to keep a separate window at wiki open where I could look up every other word in a one-sentence instruction.

>GAD<

If you care, check out my abortive beginnings at budgie.edublogs.org.

Is a blog the thing I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to have removed?

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Originally posted by Kalleh:

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O I did, as an experiment, but it failed dismally, in all senses of the word*.

Did it fail in the sense that no one came? Or did you just not keep it up? I suspect I'd not keep it up if I didn't get comments.

when I got switched (unceremoniously) to comcast, they offered me web space and blog space for each userid. I already had the wwftd site, which I just transfered. with my tsuwm id I set up a new site using their canned page builder (it was absolute junk) and a blog too (ditto).
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I think that not even the search engines found the blog.

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Originally posted by bethree5:
I clicked "no, but I'm in the process of starting one." My intention, however, is to take advantage of some education-slanted blogware I happened across, as a place to gather links, articles, et al useful to students/ schools/ parents. I don't see myself pontificating in regular entries.

This low-techie found the first couple of steps so mind-boggling that it may be a while before it's functional. As a not-very-digital home-computer-user, I find the user-friendly instructions.. well, hostile. I had to keep a separate window at wiki open where I could look up every other word in a one-sentence instruction.

>GAD<

If you care, check out my abortive beginnings at budgie.edublogs.org.

I've just looked. There's nothing wrong with that. All it needs now is some content.

I expect Internet old hands like zmj and tsuwm will be well aware of this, but I'll pass this on for the benefit of those possibly less expert.

Checking up on hundreds, perhaps thousands, of blogs to see if new posts have been made can be time-consuming at best. I use an RSS reader to subscribe to and check each site and display any new posts without needing to visit the site itself in my browser.

There are two main ways to do this. One is by a Web service, such as Google Reader or
NewsGator Online. The other is to use an RSS aggregator as a program installed on your machine. Modern browsers such as IE7, Firefox2, etc. can do this but I prefer a stand-alone program.

There are lots of them about but I like FeedDemon, provided free by NewsGator. Its equivalent for the Mac is NetNewsWire.

I've really liked Google Reader. It helps me keep up with a ton of blogs.

I have 2 that I've been more or less regular in maintaining. One is my personal blog with lots of knitting and family stuff, and the other, which started out as personal, has morphed into book reviews and library commentary.

This past week I was at a national professional conference, and was one of the official bloggers of the event, but also I contributed to a smaller blog of the event just for my library system.

I loved being able to type up my notes as I went through the week (and then throw the written things away). I also like the ability to see what others were learning, make comments, etc, but since not everyone contributed it wasn't as dynamic as it had the potential to be.

Hi everyone,
Yes, I have a blog. It is hosted by a professional nursing website, so has parameters (i.e., my pieces are edited before posting). I really enjoy writing it and especially love generating comments. I must admit that it can be challenging to keep posts current, since I work fulltime as a floor nurse and have very odd hours. I hope you can stop by and see it - and me - even if you are not into healthcare. http://www.nurseconnect.com/Community/BlogPosts.aspx?BlogId=568&uid=22200

Well, I hate to say it, elledee, but you look like a nurse! When I saw your picture, I was sure I'd met you before. Maybe we have met at a conference, who knows.

I will post on your Blog sometime, Elledee (and Bob and z and bethree and Sean and arnie), though I've spent way too much time tonight starting my own Blog. Yep...I did it, even though I posted "No" on the poll. I just had to see what it was like. Here 'tis.

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Originally posted by Kalleh:
Here 'tis.

I managed to leave a comment that made sense after like 3 tries... suddenly I'm like the worst typist ever.

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Thanks, and it was an interesting one at that. I suppose you are correct that linguistics is a science.

Cool blog, Kalleh! I am glad you got a chance to take a look at mine. Perhaps we have met before. That would be an amazing coincidence. I, too, love Chicago, although I have only been there twice. I just got home from work so will post more when my mind is less frazzled

I left you a comment.

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Originally posted by goofy:
I do, but it's been called a "slice of dry white bread" "Dull dull dull -- yet admittedly informative" so read at your own risk.

But it's also been called "a plate of home-made penne all'arrabbiata with the sauce made from the best tomatoes on this planet, basil whose smell fills the entire kitchen and won't go away for days and with just the right amount of chili to accentuate the taste of tomatoes and leave that spicy aftertaste somewhere on the back of your tongue." My blog seems to remind people of food...

My blog seems to remind people of food...

Language and food are both pleasing to the tongue.