Teacher education

This blog is taking a break until early September. drug and alcohol services.

David Chater, head of policy at youth charity Rainer, says the tax is a brave proposal.  The treatment tax is a brave step and is really positive, it would double the budget for drug and alcohol services. It takes a brave politician to say they  increase tax, especially on something like alcohol.

But Chater is less impressed with the report&s emphasis on abstaining from drugs and alcohol.  Measures like reclassifying cannabis as a class B drug, risk dragging a lot more young people into the criminal justice system. The best bits are outside the addiction section, with ideas for family support that will do more to tackle substance misuse than abstinence programmers.

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You might find this pilot site of interest.

It’s a gateway to two SEAL sites, one for primary schools the other for secondaries .

SEAL I’m sure you’ll remember stands for social and emotional aspects of learning.

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Young People&s User Involvement and Participation in Their Drug and Alcohol Service .

The Children’s Society have been commissioned by the NTA to develop a policy briefing on young people&s user involvement and participation in their drug and alcohol service.

If you have examples of good practice where this happens, please send them to susie.ramsay@childrenssociety.org.uk , tel: 0207 841 4573.

Filed under: treatment , users voice , Children’s Society , NTA

Those of you who work directly with young people might want to take a look at this competition : to making sure that the review benefits from an open process and takes serious account of the views of all its stakeholders.  QCA has already begun this process.  Over the coming months they will be running a series of regional conferences and seminars to seek views and develop proposals.

Looking at the questions the ones that seem most relevant to us are the two around Personal Development:

-What are the personal, social and emotional capabilities that children need to develop through their schooling?

-What is the most appropriate framework for achieving greater integration of these capabilities throughout the curriculum?

Just to remind people this is different to the Primary Review that&s being underaken here .

Further reading:

- What’s happened to PSHE in Primary School? – evidence on the reduced amount of time spent on PSHE teaching in primary schools

- Brown’s ‘radical’ drugs review & The Prime Minister says he wants drug education in primary schools.

Filed under: PSHE , Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum

The guys over at Slashdot – the techie news service, have posted an entry a few days ago that ooks ahead to the coming year and makes some Technology Predictions for 2006? While I usually just skip over this blog in my Bloglines, as it is usually more technical than what I can manageor have an interest in, but this one stuck out at me for some reason.

It may be because around the same time that I saw this entry, I was also preparing a list of trends about virtual schooling – trends about the practice of virtual schooling and I felt that the activities of assessing the current trends of virtual schooling was much like trying to predict what the future year may hold for us in technological advances. For those in the know, both activities involve some level of uncertainty and both items could easily be debated, but in both instances you just have to use what you know about the topic and lay it out there.

In this end, I came up with five trends about the current practice of virtual schooling. They were:
The number of states with virtual schools and the number of students taking virtual school courses is growing.
Virtual schooling is moving from primarily targetting the secondary grades to being available for middle school and elementary school students.
Virtual schools are moving away from their initial focus on advanced level mathematics, science, and other specialty courses to cover a wider variety of the mandated curriculum.
Virtual schooling is becoming more and more popular with students and parents looking for alternatives to the public school system.
Recent research continues to focus upon student performance and the nature of students served by virtual schools.Now, I thought that since I have this blog and, if you believe the information presented in Statistics for December , a fairly steady readerhip, I wanted to see how on or off base I was with these trends. So…If you agree with any of these five, which ones do you agree with?If you disagree with any of these five, which ones do you disagree with and why?If you feel that I missed one or more, what are they are why should they be included?I look forward to your response…Tags: virtual school , cyber school , high school , education

Kim
February 1, 2008 at 10:08 pm

Saintseester, you are right on about the kids having to grab on. I deal with that struggle everyday in my classroom, and they’re only 10!

First off, I love teaching. I love my kiddos, and I doubt I will ever do anything outside of education. That being said, I believe our education system as it exists now is irretrievably broken, and we must throw out all of the “this is the way we do it” and “it’s their fault” (whoever they are) garbage.

We need to be courageous enough to think outside the box, stop trying to pander to special interest groups (including the unions) and stumping for votes. It’s not about power, privilege, prestige or pride. It’s about KIDS. Once we get that through our thick heads and ruthlessly seek only what is best for them, no matter the cost – personal or financial – we might have a chance.

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saintseester
January 23, 2008 at 10:02 am

“Intellectual simulation” – ha, ha!

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Sooza
January 3, 2008 at 8:44 pm

Wow! Kizz and I must be on the same wavelength. I was going to mention the former classmate as well, but she beat me to it! I’m sure he’d be willing to talk strategy with you.

I have to admit, though, I still don’t see why the hybrid class even makes it on the schedule. I can’t really see a good situation for it, unless you have incredibly motivated students.

On that note — good luck!

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organic mama
October 22, 2006 at 5:14 pm

What is also so galling is that this is a viable conversation topic AT ALL. Will they train the students on effective blocking and/or throwing techniques? What about the counseling for those students who worry about A. whether it will ever happen and B. what if they don’t do it right. Doesn’t this sound like satire? Why not body armor? How about we stop the GUNS in this flipping country!! Apologies for soapboxing, but this is INSANE!!

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The superintendent of our school district called my cell phone Monday morning and left a message inviting me to watch the school board meeting on public access cable on Monday night. The first thing I have to say is DAMN! School board meetings are BORING!

As promised, the superintendent spoke about school security, and rather early in the meeting (thank heaven!). While he talked a lot about locked doors and security cameras, crisis preparedness and how closely the school district works with the city’s police and fire departments, he didn’t mention anything about EDUCATION.

I really think many of our current school violence problems can be alleviated through education. We need to TEACH kids how to deal with their stress just like we teach them language, mathematics and how to avoid drug use. We need to show children that it’s not okay to cope with your problems with violence. As responsible adults in schools and other child-rich environments, we need to be aware of which of our students come from homes and family situations that may be prone to pass, shall we say, less-than-ideal social skills to the students. We need to know which students share their homes with guns.

Let me say that again: We need to know which children share their homes with guns.

Why do I want to invade the general privacy of some families by knowing whether the household owns a gun? The same superintendent who spoke about door locks and security cameras wrote to me last week in response to my email. He told me that, when he was principal of my daughters’ school about ten years ago, a fifth grader brought a .375 to school, and that the weapon had been discharged in a classroom by accident. Locks on school doors and security cameras would have done nothing to prevent this.

When I was strolling up and down our city’s main street during the annual autumn festival this past weekend, I saw that our police station had a tent set up along side the merchants and service companies. An officer stood in full uniform behind a bin of trigger locks. A bin of FREE trigger locks. A bin of free trigger locks standing behind a sign that essentially said “please take one – no questions asked.” While no one was hurt in the .357 incident, a trigger lock could have prevented the punchline of the whole story (though it could be argued that a nine year old having access to a gun in the first place should be a felony offense on the part of the parents).

It’s all about education. We need to teach parents to be responsible with the care and keeping of whatever weapons they feel they need to possess. We need to teach children to deal with their feelings in socially acceptable ways. We need to teach everyone to see themselves in others and to do no harm.

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Dingo
September 8, 2008 at 10:33 pm

Sounds as if you are off to a great start. I completely understand your frustration and amazement about their lack of knowledge of basic U.S. history. I once asked my class about McCarthyism. Blank stares. What are they teaching these kids in high school?

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Mrs. Chili
August 22, 2008 at 7:19 pm

Parking on THIS college campus is especially so. We joke (in a not so joking way) that our parking permits are really just hunting licenses – there’s no guarantee whatsoever that you’ll actually be able to kill yourself a spot on any given day. This is why I keep my car packed with quarters during the school year; sometimes the only places to park are at city meters, and believe me, they check those bad boys on a REALLY regular basis….

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Julia
July 23, 2008 at 1:24 pm

LOL! Maybe they only like 20% of EACH lab. “We like the head and shoulders, but the rest of the dog has to go!”

If I had a lab I’d be a little afraid to take her there since they have sharp objects. They might decide to remove the parts they don’t like!

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Chatty
July 21, 2008 at 6:49 am

Yes, it is definitely time for vacation. Our last unit of the year is on Dafur and genocide in general. Luckily it’s how we end the year so we can decompress and start all over.

Does your cottage have a dock?

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Kizz
January 30, 2007 at 9:29 am

I’d also like to know what it is about us that when I heard the failing story I immediately blamed it on the teacher/school (how did he get where he is without passing, why weren’t they helping him?) and you immediately blamed it on the student (why did he choose to fail over and over and why is he looking forward to it again?). We could both be right, there’s nothing in the story that indicates either way, we both jumped to conclusion, but why did we jump to such polarly opposite ones?

“I didn’t jump to conclusions. I took a small step, and there conclusions were.”
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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nhfalcon
January 28, 2007 at 9:13 pm

Maybe this says something about me and my qualifications (or lack thereof) as a teacher, but are you a teacher or a drill sergeant? It is your job to do everything you can to impart knowledge, not motivate a bunch of lazy-ass time wasters. If some of your “learners” – and I use that term loosely, based on what I’ve read about this bunch – choose not to absorb that knowledge, then that’s their fault and their problem, not yours. They’re in college now, not grammar school. They’re supposedly adults. If they choose to fail, then fail ‘em. It’s their money (or more than likely Mommy’s and Daddy’s) they’re wasting, not yours.

I could understand your concerns if they were grammar or junior high students, maybe even high school students, but these are allegedly mature adults – let ‘em deal with the consequences of their actions.

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I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
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Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
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Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
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Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
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Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
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Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
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Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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1.
By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
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Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

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Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well okay a lot, of the blogs linked there seemed quite taken with themselves IN MY VIEW . . . but maybe that’s how I appear to the world through my blog who knows. I’m gonna try and make sure I don’t. Anyway, thanks for the link hope to get some good reads out of it. Enjoy your vacation.

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By Top Posts « WordPress.com on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:00 pm

[...] WordCamp Connections I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I [...] [...]
I’ll be exploring my WordCamp presentation fully next week, but for those still catching up with things, I started the program by interviewing audience members about their blogs. The successful intent was to get bloggers who blog on similar subjects to meet each other. It was amazing!

There were people who blog on similar and related subjects sitting two chairs away from each other who hadn’t met. There were many connections in that room just a meter or two from each other and didn’t know it.

Markalope was intrigued by this, too, and put together a categorized list of all the attendees at WordCamp 2007, grouped by their blogging subject, if he could find it on their blog.

Go check it out! You might discover who you missed meeting at the meeting.

There are two good points about such a list.

1. Who lives and works near you that blogs about what you blog? Have you checked them out? Check out your competition, near or far, and find out what they are doing and maybe work together. It’s amazing the connections these connections can bring.
2. Does your blog clearly state your blog’s purpose and topics? As he went through the list of attendees, how easy was it to find out what these folks blog about? Check out your blog on the list. Is it miscategorized? How hard did you make it to be categorized? Is it important to you to be easily categorized?

I’ll be expanding on my talk all next week, and I also have a lot of suprises coming up for the two year annivesary of WordPress.com and this blog – so stay tuned!

WARNING: Personal Information: I’m supposed to be on “vacation”, my first in three years, and instead I’m going through WordPress Withdrawl, finding myself hiding outside a Super 8 Motel in my motor home, grabbing some free WIFI bandwidth. Pity me. I still need a vacation but am too fired up from the WordCamp conference to relax.

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2 Comments

1.
Daniel
Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

Lorelle, You deserve a vacation. WordPress will still be here when you get back. Not only do you deserve a vacation because of all your kick ass content you give us, but because your presentation at wordcamp really really kicked some hard core ass. You were truly the life of the party. I don’t think there was a single person at wordcamp that didn’t feel they got a new friend that day after your presentation. And you made time for everyone. The best was when Daniel the blogger from high school would talk to you. His whole face would light up.
2.
Damien Riley
Posted July 28, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for linking Maraloupe’s list. I’m definitely going to make it next year. I think WordPress is the best category to be in as part of the giant blog that encompasses all. Some, well oka

Petit Posted August 31, 2006 at 7:26 pm | Permalink

Using new windows to open off site links can be frustrating or not.

If I want to make sure, my readers finds their way back from a visit somewhere else, I may open them a new window, but a named one. This means that clicking many window opening links on my site, will paint all the off site stuff in the same window.

I’m not using this technique often though, just when I invite my visitors to take a short excursion in the middle of my text.

Lorelle, don’t you contradict yourself a bit here?

In your excellent tutorial “A Tagging Bookmarklet for WordPress and WordPress.com Users”, under “Changing the Tagging Bookmarklet Tag Links” you say about bookmarklet links:

“They can be off-site or on-site (intrasite) links. I personally prefer to keep my visitors on my blog, so I use intrasite links.”

Yes, you do for some strange reason.
Your writing is good enough, that I’m coming back time and again, despite the fact, that I’m visiting others as well

Behind the Scenes of Blogging: How I Blog Series by Blogging Herald.

The Blogging Herald has started a “How I Blog” series featuring interviews and posts by a variety of bloggers on how they blog.

The bloggers share their methodology and practices about how they blog, including why they blog. The range of tips, advice, and techniques is educational for all bloggers, but the overriding theme is passion. These people really care about what they write and what they have to say and it guides their work. And they come up with some amazing ways of incorporating blogging into their lives.

A good number of these have a substantial income from their blogging, so it’s also a look into the business side of blogging.

Check it out.

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