Category: Blogging

I just saw Salam Pax‘s book today. It’s the first time I’ve seen a paper book that is just a reprint of stuff that’s freely available online. I wondered when this would start to happen. Salam’s blog was the perfect vehicle to kick off this new publishing phenomenon. The book even has its own website, which strikes me as sort of weird.

Publishers, you know where to find me…(though if I were you, I’d publish only the early years. Everyone knows CC experienced a downturn in quality as soon as I stopped using Blogger).

Mateusz was one of the more advanced students in our ESL camp in Katowice, Poland this summer. He’s been emailing us and commenting on our blogs since we’ve come home. And now he’s started blogging, in both Polish and English. I’d suggest you go, take a look, and encourage him. Yet another educational application for weblogs!

I’ve just found out that my brilliant journalist cousin Jane in London has a blog. She’s been keeping it since May, but since she works as an assistant editor for Web User magazine, I thought she would have been hip to the whole blog thing for much longer. Never mind. Welcome, Cousin Jane, to the sidebar!

If you’ve ever wanted to set up your own weblog, but are intimidated by acronyms like XHTML and CSS and PHP and by computers and the web in general, then you’re in luck. TypePad is nearing completion, with the preview release becoming available just yesterday. It’s made by the same smart and friendly folks who make Movable Type, which powers the weblog you’re reading right now, and they’ve made it affordable and easy-to-use, with three levels of complexity and customization.

I’m sure you could be up and running in about 15 minutes. Go and check it out!

“Canadian journalist Colby Cosh has done a lot of research to identify and rank Canada’s twelve most popular weblogs.” Hmmm…

In true Consolation Champs style, I’m probably number 13. But thanks to my Brazilian (I think) friend Carmela for the link and the shout-out. At least I think it’s a shout-out.