Do You Call Yourself a Blogger? Do you? Much to my "shame", no, not really. I've lost count of the conversations that I've had with friends who tell me that they've never read a blog before - but whom when I question them about the sites that they read find that they read blogs everyday week without knowing it. As bloggers and web savvy people we are often very tuned ... Read full entry

I've been out and about at a few Christmas related shindigs of late (which partially explains the mini slow down in proceedings here...), and even though the crowds I've been mingling with haven't been especially geeky or hi-tech, if some of the topics of conversation aren't related directly to social networks and blogging, they are certainly influenced by them. One girl told me about an upcoming party she was planning for ... Read full entry

Wordpress 2.3: ground breaking news this... version 2.3 of the world's favourite Content Management System (CMS), Wordpress is ready for download and installation. Also known as "Dexter", the latest version includes increased support for tags. What are tags? Short, simple, usually one word, summaries of blog posts, and you can see them at the foot of this very post! 3 Reasons Blogger is Better Than WordPress: on the ... Read full entry

Who was the first "pro blogger"? Who was the first person to make some sort of monetary income from their blog or online journal? Before continuing let's define "pro blogging" for the sake of this discussion to mean an individual deriving an income from their personal website, online journal, or blog. My nomination for the title is Jennifer Ringley, and her now defunct website "JenniCam". Launched in 1996, before the word blog had ... Read full entry