http://alberts.blogsome.com ongoing conversations with geeks and non-geeks Thu, 10 Mar 2005 02:20:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is an experiment in blogging: making WordPress into a discussion forum. I still don’t know how this will work out, but hey, we just don’t know what would happen when certain people click together. Register here. http://alberts.blogsome.com/2005/03/10/an-experiment-in-blogging/ http://alberts.blogsome.com/2005/03/06/blogging-is-better-with-firefox/ "Ask yourself the following things and write your answers on your blog." What significant experience did I have today? What striking idea did I get from someone or cooked up myself today? What was I reading today? What was I listening to today? ... http://alberts.blogsome.com/2005/03/06/what-do-i-blog-about/ You may now access this blog using http://digityped.cjb.net. http://alberts.blogsome.com/2005/02/25/new-subdomain/ This is a personal journal.  If you are looking for links, this isn’t one to read.  If you are looking for a window into another world, this is a must read. http://alberts.blogsome.com/2005/02/23/a-single-moms-journal/ A nice example of a photo blog. http://alberts.blogsome.com/2005/02/23/la-caja-de-los-deseos/ Apropos the previous blog about bloggers becoming a challenge to mainstream media, here is an exchange between a blogger and a journalist.  It is a case where a blogger oversteps his bounds. http://alberts.blogsome.com/2005/02/22/pushing-his-luck/ Here is a good word about blogging and bloggers by Peggy Noonan. http://alberts.blogsome.com/2005/02/20/bloggers-challenge-msm/ You know how people look at science fiction tales as a way of commenting on real-life?  Look at Star Trek, or even 1986!  You can do that in blogs as well.  Look at this Devil’s blog.  He (she?) is a Catholic, I think, making a social commentary in the guise ... http://alberts.blogsome.com/2005/02/13/role-playing-in-blogs/ Here are two software applications that you can download for free. http://alberts.blogsome.com/2005/02/06/web-graphic-manipulation/