Blogging (Summer)

Lecture/Coffee Talk:

  Lecture(s)/Demo(s):

• Blogging/Microblogging Overview (12:23) | Homework Review (Summer) (6:34)
• Setting up a Blogger Account (9:06) | Creating a Blog Post (5:38) | Commenting on a post (3:32) | Blogger layouts/widgets (using meebo me) (5:13)
• Setting up a Twitter Account (review and setup) (8:00) | Twitter replies (2:57) 

  Steve Notes:

• Blogs = Publishing Platforms/CMS
• Blogs can be done via offsite hosted services or "local" software installs
• Lots of features to consider (stats, media hosting, templates, customization, etc.)
• Blogging is incorporated into lots of Social Networking sites

  Definition(s):

• Blog - A blog (short for web log) is a website where entries are made and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject. (Source: Wikipedia) 
• MicroBlog  - a form of blogging that lets you write brief text updates (usually less than 200 characters) about your life on the go and send them to friends and interested observers via text messaging, instant messaging, email or the web. (Source: Wikipedia)

  Lingo: Giant Blogging Terms Glossary

• Blogroll, Permalink, Trackback, Widgets, Tweet

  Popular Programs/Services:

• Blogger (hosted/free)
• WordPress.com (hosted/free)
• LiveJournal (hosted/free-charge)
• TypePad (hosted/charge)
• WordPress.org (local/free)
• MovableType (local/free)

  Library Example(s):

• Blogs:
  • Library blogs: 52Books... | GeorgiaStateU | Morriscty
  • Librarian blogs: Library Garden | Stephen's Lighthouse | Tame The Web | Librarian In Black | librarian.net | JoyceValenza
  • Lib2.0 "lesson": Learning2.0
  • Other Steve Favorites: CEBuzz | LifeHack
• Twitter:
  • Yalsa | UIUC Library

  Resources/Other:

• Blog Searching - Technorati | Indexed by Google (example) 
• Comparing Blog Software - WebLogMatrix
• Get paid to blog - payperpost.com

Homework for next class

Reading

• Brown & Duguid. Introduction and Home Alone, Ch. 3
• Farkas. Blogs, Ch.2 and Blogs in Libraries, Ch.3

Watch/Listen

• n/a

 Project

• Create a blog on Blogger
  • Use your google acount to log-in (Google owns Blogger)
  • Use xxscils598x08 as your blog title (your blog should be xxscils598x08.blogspot.com)
  • Add your blog URL to your Profile page on the class Wiki
  • (Next week we'll subscribe to each other's blogs)
• Compare blog software/services
  • Setup an account on either WordPress, TypePad or LiveJournal and review that service's features to Blogger 's
  • Create a short bullet point based blog post (on Blogger) based on your comparison
    • I'll expect at least five bullets
• Comment on blog posts
  • Read the blog posts of the person before and after you
  • Make 1 Comment on each of the other person's posts
• Create a Twitter account
  • Use xxscils598x08 as your account name on twitter
  • Add your twitter account information to you profile page
  • Make sure you're logged in to your account, go to twitter.com/librarysteve and follow me
  • "" "", go to your fellow students twitter pages and follow them (their acct info will be on their profile pages) 
  • (Next week we'll subscribe to each other's tweets)

Suggestions

sg -  

br - Finally, a use for twitter that makes sense to me. NASA's Phoenix is twittering from Mars! (Okay, the tweets are really coming from the Jet Propulsion Lab, but the information is indirectly from Mars.) You can follow it at http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix. It's also sending podcasts and videos. You can subscribe to the RSS feed on the website http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/phoenix/main.php.