Dare I blog?
beanmommy2
I was tossing around the idea of starting my own blog and wanted to get
some feedback from some of you Expert Bloggers.
What host would you recommend?
Any do's and don'ts? Any advice about how to get started and how to
maintain?
This may sound silly, but how do you choose what to write about? Just
anything that pops into your head, or do you tend to have a structure
and/or method to it?
Thanks for any input
Jenny
some feedback from some of you Expert Bloggers.
What host would you recommend?
Any do's and don'ts? Any advice about how to get started and how to
maintain?
This may sound silly, but how do you choose what to write about? Just
anything that pops into your head, or do you tend to have a structure
and/or method to it?
Thanks for any input
Jenny
diana jenner
On 8/21/07, beanmommy2 <beanmommy2@...> wrote:
affection/affliction ::g:: I've found it pretty easy to start and to change
at my whim. I like the addresses, too, I think xxxxxxxxx.blogspot.com is
easy to remember and easy to spell for most folks.
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others awaiting my postings as I await others' posts. I even get a little
grumpy if my favorite folks don't blog as often as I'd like. Must be the
voyeur in me :D I like doing cooking posts like so and so, I do photo posts
like another so and so :)
Kinda like a discussion list, don't post anything you're not willing to have
examined and critiqued by those who have your addy. For example, I
originally began talking about Hannah's illness experience on my personal
blog (a.k.a. "the psycho chick blog") and gave the address to lots of family
members -- big mistake! I was then torn apart for the two years of posts
that had, until then, remained hidden and private. I started another blog
that is really about *our* life as a family and I keep my weird mental stuff
on the first blog.
Sometimes I feel naked when folks (mostly snippy family members and
occasional strangers) comment negatively, in that case I just blog about my
feelings about those comments and the deliver-er of those comments over at
the psycho page. Amazingly, most offenders still read my blog on a regular
basis (I have statcounter.com on both blogs so I can know generally who
reads from where and how they found me)
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much of a life to blog *about* :::bg::: Each morning, I do start out with my
coffee at the computer, reading new posts by others and possibly having the
time/inspiration/fodder/pictures for my own posts.
If I've got lots of mental stuff going on, my psycho blog might get 3 or 4
posts in one day, just for me to reread and analyze and figger out what I've
got going on inside me. Sometimes I go a week of just posting my horoscope
:) Sometimes it's politics or the news or celebrities (Elton!) or specific
causes I'm passionate about.
I throw things onto the Hannah/Family blog pretty regularly with pictures
about what we're doing and where we are in the life/unschooling/grief
process -- nothing terribly controversial, very gramma friendly. I like to
keep my pictures on the blog, it's so easy to upload them and write about
what's going on...
On blogger, I've been able to separate the blogs, so that you can't find one
from the other through my profile.
It's still a public blog, it's just not as easy for people to find.
It's a great adventure, these virtual journals :) Remember if it really
doesn't go well, you can always delete it. And if it *does* go well, you can
have your postings bound into a full-color, hard-cover coffee table book (I
think I'll do that for the 10th year anniversary or somethin!)
Happy Blogging
--
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com
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>I'm a fan of blogspot, it works well with my gmail and my google
> I was tossing around the idea of starting my own blog and wanted to get
> some feedback from some of you Expert Bloggers.
>
> What host would you recommend?
>
affection/affliction ::g:: I've found it pretty easy to start and to change
at my whim. I like the addresses, too, I think xxxxxxxxx.blogspot.com is
easy to remember and easy to spell for most folks.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Any do's and don'ts? Any advice about how to get started and how toI'm a big *reader* of blogs, that helps inspire me to write... I imagine
> maintain?
>
others awaiting my postings as I await others' posts. I even get a little
grumpy if my favorite folks don't blog as often as I'd like. Must be the
voyeur in me :D I like doing cooking posts like so and so, I do photo posts
like another so and so :)
Kinda like a discussion list, don't post anything you're not willing to have
examined and critiqued by those who have your addy. For example, I
originally began talking about Hannah's illness experience on my personal
blog (a.k.a. "the psycho chick blog") and gave the address to lots of family
members -- big mistake! I was then torn apart for the two years of posts
that had, until then, remained hidden and private. I started another blog
that is really about *our* life as a family and I keep my weird mental stuff
on the first blog.
Sometimes I feel naked when folks (mostly snippy family members and
occasional strangers) comment negatively, in that case I just blog about my
feelings about those comments and the deliver-er of those comments over at
the psycho page. Amazingly, most offenders still read my blog on a regular
basis (I have statcounter.com on both blogs so I can know generally who
reads from where and how they found me)
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> This may sound silly, but how do you choose what to write about? JustIdeally, I'd like to blog everyday... however that doesn't leave me with
> anything that pops into your head, or do you tend to have a structure
> and/or method to it?
>
much of a life to blog *about* :::bg::: Each morning, I do start out with my
coffee at the computer, reading new posts by others and possibly having the
time/inspiration/fodder/pictures for my own posts.
If I've got lots of mental stuff going on, my psycho blog might get 3 or 4
posts in one day, just for me to reread and analyze and figger out what I've
got going on inside me. Sometimes I go a week of just posting my horoscope
:) Sometimes it's politics or the news or celebrities (Elton!) or specific
causes I'm passionate about.
I throw things onto the Hannah/Family blog pretty regularly with pictures
about what we're doing and where we are in the life/unschooling/grief
process -- nothing terribly controversial, very gramma friendly. I like to
keep my pictures on the blog, it's so easy to upload them and write about
what's going on...
On blogger, I've been able to separate the blogs, so that you can't find one
from the other through my profile.
It's still a public blog, it's just not as easy for people to find.
It's a great adventure, these virtual journals :) Remember if it really
doesn't go well, you can always delete it. And if it *does* go well, you can
have your postings bound into a full-color, hard-cover coffee table book (I
think I'll do that for the 10th year anniversary or somethin!)
Happy Blogging
--
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com
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Schuyler
I have my blog at blogspot, but briefly considered shifting it over to xanga
or livejournal or wordpress where I could lock off posts to people coming by
to peruse things I wasn't that keen on sharing with each and every person in
the virtual world. And then I decided I wasn't that paranoid.
I think you should look around at blogs and see which ones look the way you
want yours to look. Blogspot blogs seem less text rich than some other blog
services. That is the setups of the blogs are a narrow strip with the bits
of information on the side. Xanga seems like an interesting blog service.
There is a review of the different benefits of the main services at
http://tinyurl.com/2ktge5
Schuyler
www.waynforth.blogspot.com
or livejournal or wordpress where I could lock off posts to people coming by
to peruse things I wasn't that keen on sharing with each and every person in
the virtual world. And then I decided I wasn't that paranoid.
I think you should look around at blogs and see which ones look the way you
want yours to look. Blogspot blogs seem less text rich than some other blog
services. That is the setups of the blogs are a narrow strip with the bits
of information on the side. Xanga seems like an interesting blog service.
There is a review of the different benefits of the main services at
http://tinyurl.com/2ktge5
Schuyler
www.waynforth.blogspot.com
Sandra Dodd
-=-This may sound silly, but how do you choose what to write about? Just
anything that pops into your head, or do you tend to have a structure
and/or method to it?-=-
I have more than one blog. They're all on Blogspot. One I share
with some other people, but no one has posted but me for a while.
That one is for announcements of articles published:
http://unschooling.blogspot.com
One is about my kids and my family:
http://sandradodd.blogspot.com
One is the lyrics game:
http://lyricsgame.blogspot.com
One is for quotes about what it is like physically to be in love:
http://biochemicallove.blogspot.com
One is for site announcements:
http://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com
One is for SCA news and announcements:
http://duckford.blogspot.com
The bad thing about more than one blog is it scatters things out, but
the good thing is that those who are only interested in one aspect of
my life don't have to be bothered with the others!
I've had a couple of other blogs, but blogspot is easy for me to
understand. I wasn't happy when I had a narrow template, but I saw
the Schuyler had a wide one and I figured out how to switch. It
isn't until step two of choosing a template that you find out there
are some wide versions of some of them. With those, I don't have to
reduce my photos so small as I used to have to.
Sandra
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anything that pops into your head, or do you tend to have a structure
and/or method to it?-=-
I have more than one blog. They're all on Blogspot. One I share
with some other people, but no one has posted but me for a while.
That one is for announcements of articles published:
http://unschooling.blogspot.com
One is about my kids and my family:
http://sandradodd.blogspot.com
One is the lyrics game:
http://lyricsgame.blogspot.com
One is for quotes about what it is like physically to be in love:
http://biochemicallove.blogspot.com
One is for site announcements:
http://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com
One is for SCA news and announcements:
http://duckford.blogspot.com
The bad thing about more than one blog is it scatters things out, but
the good thing is that those who are only interested in one aspect of
my life don't have to be bothered with the others!
I've had a couple of other blogs, but blogspot is easy for me to
understand. I wasn't happy when I had a narrow template, but I saw
the Schuyler had a wide one and I figured out how to switch. It
isn't until step two of choosing a template that you find out there
are some wide versions of some of them. With those, I don't have to
reduce my photos so small as I used to have to.
Sandra
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In a message dated 8/21/2007 3:47:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
beanmommy2@... writes:
I was tossing around the idea of starting my own blog and wanted to get
some feedback from some of you Expert Bloggers.
What host would you recommend?
Any do's and don'ts? Any advice about how to get started and how to
maintain?
This may sound silly, but how do you choose what to write about? Just
anything that pops into your head, or do you tend to have a structure
and/or method to it?
Thanks for any input
Jenny
*****
Hi Jenny!
I'm not an *expert* ..but my blog is at xanga.com and I write about anything
in our life. as we feel unschooling and life are one and the same ...it's all
intertwined.
I've been happy with xanga. They even offer a question of the day to get you
thinking if you don't know what to write about, but I never seem to have that
problem <<G>>.
~marcia
HarmonyWoodsFarm
my blog: _http://www.xanga.com/livefreeinharmony_
(http://www.xanga.com/livefreeinharmony)
************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at
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beanmommy2@... writes:
I was tossing around the idea of starting my own blog and wanted to get
some feedback from some of you Expert Bloggers.
What host would you recommend?
Any do's and don'ts? Any advice about how to get started and how to
maintain?
This may sound silly, but how do you choose what to write about? Just
anything that pops into your head, or do you tend to have a structure
and/or method to it?
Thanks for any input
Jenny
*****
Hi Jenny!
I'm not an *expert* ..but my blog is at xanga.com and I write about anything
in our life. as we feel unschooling and life are one and the same ...it's all
intertwined.
I've been happy with xanga. They even offer a question of the day to get you
thinking if you don't know what to write about, but I never seem to have that
problem <<G>>.
~marcia
HarmonyWoodsFarm
my blog: _http://www.xanga.com/livefreeinharmony_
(http://www.xanga.com/livefreeinharmony)
************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at
http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
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Nancy Machaj
I have had blogs with several free hosts, but currently I have one at
homeschooljournal.net
http://homeschooljournal.net/sign-up/
Its free, for homeschoolers, and easy to set up. Works great with
flickr to put up photos, easy to do links and such. Lots of templates
to choose from.
I blog once or twice a week, usually. I write about where we go or
what we've done, post pictures, share funny stories...Its about our
family- so its not like my own personal journal where I would
complain or rant :) I have another one of those, on wordpress but
havent posted there in ages. http://nankilicious.wordpress.com/
hope that helps.
Nancy
*****
blogging at:
http://happychildhood.homeschooljournal.net
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homeschooljournal.net
http://homeschooljournal.net/sign-up/
Its free, for homeschoolers, and easy to set up. Works great with
flickr to put up photos, easy to do links and such. Lots of templates
to choose from.
I blog once or twice a week, usually. I write about where we go or
what we've done, post pictures, share funny stories...Its about our
family- so its not like my own personal journal where I would
complain or rant :) I have another one of those, on wordpress but
havent posted there in ages. http://nankilicious.wordpress.com/
hope that helps.
Nancy
*****
blogging at:
http://happychildhood.homeschooljournal.net
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Sandra Dodd
About blogs in general, be careful what you post. I got a visit from
the state child welfare people, remember? (And it wasn't a big
problem, but still... some people are nosy troublemakers.)
I'm sad when I see a blog that hasn't been touched for months or
years, and there are some like that. I also see some blogs that are
just too much information, but some people use them as diaries and
report everything they do and see and who comes over and when. If
you're expecting a diary, then it's not so bad.
I try to post once a week or more but I don't always pull it off.
Sandra
the state child welfare people, remember? (And it wasn't a big
problem, but still... some people are nosy troublemakers.)
I'm sad when I see a blog that hasn't been touched for months or
years, and there are some like that. I also see some blogs that are
just too much information, but some people use them as diaries and
report everything they do and see and who comes over and when. If
you're expecting a diary, then it's not so bad.
I try to post once a week or more but I don't always pull it off.
Sandra
Angela Shaw
For the last two years I've blogged as a way to meet the state's
requirements to educate my children at home. The blog was my children's
portfolio. I loosely kept track of the fun and educational things my kids
did. It was easy to upload pictures to and easy to send a link to the
teacher doing the review. I just mailed her a check and she sent me my
letters for the state. (which reminds me that I haven't sent them in yet!)
I made it a private blog for this purpose only.
I also have a private blog about our horses and our small farm that I keep
mostly for myself but also share with a couple of close friends who I know
are interested in our horsey news. I've slacked a bit on it this summer but
it's nice to be reminded to write on it more. I love being able to look
back at what my concerns were with regards to our horses. It's great for
record keeping and it's a great place to share pictures and videos with
friends. It's more fun than keeping a diary to me because my diary program
doesn't have as many options and the blog is much more colorful and fun.
I used to keep a web page and be more open about our unschooling lives but
somehow over the years I've felt more inclined to be a bit more private
about our lives.
Angela Shaw
game-enthusiast@...
requirements to educate my children at home. The blog was my children's
portfolio. I loosely kept track of the fun and educational things my kids
did. It was easy to upload pictures to and easy to send a link to the
teacher doing the review. I just mailed her a check and she sent me my
letters for the state. (which reminds me that I haven't sent them in yet!)
I made it a private blog for this purpose only.
I also have a private blog about our horses and our small farm that I keep
mostly for myself but also share with a couple of close friends who I know
are interested in our horsey news. I've slacked a bit on it this summer but
it's nice to be reminded to write on it more. I love being able to look
back at what my concerns were with regards to our horses. It's great for
record keeping and it's a great place to share pictures and videos with
friends. It's more fun than keeping a diary to me because my diary program
doesn't have as many options and the blog is much more colorful and fun.
I used to keep a web page and be more open about our unschooling lives but
somehow over the years I've felt more inclined to be a bit more private
about our lives.
Angela Shaw
game-enthusiast@...