Now that I am a fully-fledged member (survivor) of the 31 Days to a Better Blog Challenge team, I am ready to build a blog based on what I have learned since August 1. I thought that this could be a good personal challenge for me. The last few blogs I’ve built were from the
Continue reading ...A frustrating day today struggling with a site that wouldn’t respond, and a much-admired open-source blog platform that gave me cause for thought and a stiff drink. Ning, a social network platform, set up to provide a discussion platform for a group, simply would not respond to request after request by me over the weekend
Continue reading ...They are not called social media for nothing. There are dozens, maybe even hundreds of these sites designed to bring people together for fun, profit, procrastination, support, catchups, and now I discover, to drive your blog traffic! Aha. I felt overwhelmed when I saw Problogger’s list of possible sites to explore as Task 30: Explore
Continue reading ...The 31 day challenge is beginning to pay off in terms of attracting new readers and contacts to the blog. It’s only natural to be delighted and flattered when someone ‘out there’ … a potential colleague … takes the trouble to respond to our bloggings. I know I am. So it’s been a great idea
Continue reading ...Web 2.0 has arrived in the performance space. A current class of acting majors is working on a one-person show with me right now. They have devised, written, and are developing the first phase for public showing in a couple of weeks. The work is being collaborated on with me (Google Docs) and we meet
Continue reading ...Another intriguing, and free app which is creating some noise out there, is the Tumblog. You can read all about them at Tumblr’s own site. Some of the comment in the official Tumblr blog actually questions whether or not this is pandering to the verbally-deficient, but I rather think it is akin to dynamic scrapbooking,
Continue reading ...Cover of Mad Forest: A Play from Romania There have been very few posts to this blog for a couple of weeks, and for good reason. They have all been made to another (private group) blog of mine, which is currently charting the progress of work on a production with a group of acting majors
Continue reading ...Aha! A nifty new gizmo for embedding audio comment into a blog, or I guess, for simply creating an audio rather than a verboblog. It’s possible to publish on the main Gabcast site, or to have an episode uploaded automatically and a flash-player installed on Blogger and other blogsites. You can get a free version
Continue reading ...And all is well. It’s the first time I’ve spent Christmas at home at Yarrawonga for years. Our ridge is alive with the sound of rainbow lorikeets and cicadas, and the air full of drifts of eucalypt blossom and their sweet honey smell. It’s a glorious warm morning, and I’m musing on Christmases past and
Continue reading ...I didn’t believe I could wind down as fast as I have in the past couple of days. It’s Day 2 of the month off, and I’m energised, engaged, and having f-u-n. And what I’m playing at is reading and learning-new software and how to drive the new Nikon D40, a sweet camera if ever
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