Blogging about Blogs
Sign of the Times…
Friday, August 12th, 2005HAH!
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I’m baaaaaaack…
Wednesday, June 15th, 2005Sorry I’ve been away so long. Believe it or not, I actually was sleeping. But there’s no way that’s gonna last…
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Highway Blogging…
Friday, May 27th, 2005I’m in the car on the way to a cousin’s birthday party, and basically just want to see if e-mail initiated blogging is everything it’s cracked up to be.
Don’t worry, I’m not driving. Although, to be fair, there wasn’t a lot of driving to be done in the last couple of hours. The NJ Turnpike folks decided that Memorial Day Friday would be a good time to fix the shoulder by Exit 8. Backed up traffic in both directions by around 30 miles.
Anyway, last time I tried this, the formatting was all screwy. If that’s the case now, pardon our appearance while we strive to serve you better. I’ll clean up the mess next time I’m at a PC…
UPDATE: Well, the formatting was indeed all screwy, but the good news is the blogger tools let me fix it from right here in the car. In fact, for those who are HTML geeks, what it did was automatically bracket each paragraph with a class called “mobile-post”. So, when I do get back to my PC, I can actually define that class in my style sheet to be the same as a regular blog post (or, if I desire, a snazzy new mobile style!). The possibilities are mind boggling.
Anyway, kudos to the blogger tools once again…
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Hello World – Redux…
Wednesday, May 25th, 2005I finally sent an e-mail out to some friends telling them about this blog (it was a soft-launch for a few weeks). So I’m re-posting my first entry for their benefit.
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More about Technorati
Monday, May 9th, 2005Jeff Porten asked in the comments about how Technorati works:
I note that I’m now in Technorati thanks to your blogroll. Never did understand that place, so if you could elucidate in a future post, much appreciated.
I had no idea, but I did a little digging on the site…
The best page to start with is this one: Technorati: FAQ.
Basically, it talks about how you can register your blog with Technorati, which indexes it in the Technorati database, so when you search for a keyword, you’re only searching the blogosphere (plus any RSS feeds that have registered). It’s basically a blog-specific Google.
As for why Jeff wasn’t in Technorati before I started my blog, here’s what I believe happened: My blog is hosted by Blogger. When I set up the blog, it asked me “Add your Blog to our listings?” to which I said yes (heck – you get publicity where you can when you’re just starting out, right?) Anyway, it seems that answering yes to this question causes blogger to “ping” Technorati (see this), which automatically registers the blog. Once I’m registered, then all of the content on my blog is indexed (including, it would seem, my blogroll). So if you search for www.jeffporten.com, you get a hit from me.
I hasten to add, though, that Jeff’s blog is still not registered on Technorati (that is, I did a few searches on text strings from his recent posts, and they did not return entries from his blog). So Jeff, go to this page, and follow the instructions to ping Technorati with your URL. Then we’ll all be part of that big, happy family. <sniff…>
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Way to go, Google…
Sunday, May 8th, 2005Oh, and before I forget – kudos to Google for their Blogger tool. I was up and running with the brand new blog in less than an hour (seriously). I had the template reconfigured to match the rest of my site within another couple of hours (this is what I thought would take days & days of work), and I’d learned how to use the various administrative tools in a matter of minutes.
I’m sure there’s much more to learn, but in terms of getting me 80% of the way there very quickly, color me impressed. Especially given the cost…
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Hello World
Sunday, May 8th, 2005OK, folks – here goes. The rather inauspicious beginnings of the 9,727,428th web log on the planet (this according to Technorati, of course). Welcome to I Should Be Sleeping.
There will be much more to say later, but for now, let’s start with this:
My inspirations are Jeff Porten, who recently started his own blog and has been pretty good about updating it, John Scalzi, who’s blog I read & comment on frequently, suggesting I do have time for this kind of thing, James Lileks, who posts something worth reading just about every single night, Glenn Reynolds, who basically started the whole thing, and to a lesser extent, others (see the Blog Roll at the left).
My goals are vague, yet lofty. Basically, this will be my place to weigh in on things in my world. If it mirrors my e-mail habits (which I believe it will) you’ll see a lot of technology talk here, as well as some politics, some sports, and anything else that catches my fancy. Hopefully, others find it interesting and turn it into a discussion, and we’ll all be better off in the end. If not, well then heck – at least I figured out how to create a blog…
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