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First thought

Posted by Margaret Menzin

To write a blog,
Thoughts in reverse time order.
But who will read it?

Posted: July 6, 2007 10:50 am
Tags: blog

Learning to use this blogging software

Posted by Margaret Menzin

Today I updated my profile and learned the following:

1. Pilot is very picky about photo size - need to make my (default) photo smaller. No message about why it failed to upload, either; just the small message below the box where you put the photo's URL. Might be frustrating to someone who is tech-phobic.

2. Couldn't get the mark-down for an unordered list to work; the usual html mark-up does work.

3. You make a friend my clicking on the icon (column 3) in the list of all bloggers. The icon changes from blue to yellow. Kim asked about why one would do this. I think the answer is to get notified about any new blogs they post.

Posted: July 10, 2007 10:22 am
Tags: blog lists friends photos

Two experts on writing blogs vs. articles

Posted by Margaret Menzin

Usability guru Jakob Nielsen argues at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/articles-not-blogs.html
that one should write articles, not blogs. (He admits that blogs have a use, but says that real experts write articles.)

Netscape creator Marc Andressen at http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/07/eleven-lessons-.html discusses his experience in blogging and why he thinks it's better than writing articles.

Posted: July 11, 2007 6:34 am
Tags: blogs Nielsen Andressen