What del.icio.us Is.

I love del.icio.us.

It is an online bookmark manager. Instead of bookmarking a site in their web browser, people click their del.icio.us bookmarklet to save it to the del.icio.us website. Then it doesn't matter where they are - at the library, at their friend's place, at school - they have access to all their bookmarklets. They simply go to the del.icio.us website. For example, here's mine.

A cool side-effect of del.icio.us is that they publish the most linked-to sites each day. So you can go to this third-party website to see the most popular ideas/memes of the day. What's even better is that everything in del.icio.us has an associated feed!).

I love the fact that I can get at my bookmarks even when I am away from my home computer.

by Jonathan Aquino (via email) (Reprinted with permission).

BlogPulse

I have been playing around with BlogPulse. I searched for 'Firemind' and 'Learning To Blog' so far. The 'Firemind' search led to some blogs that have blogged my flickr pics. The 'Learning To Blog' search lead to an interesting blog post about why blogging is good for you. I will link it and commentwhen I can.

I want to play with the site again and then decide if I want to submit my/our blogs to their database.

Welcome Keith/Cleaning House.

Keith is joining us here at The Demo Blog and will join Our Photoblog. We have set up a test blog too.

Speaking of blogs I now have 21 I am a member of. Most of them are test blogs shared with members. I would like to weed out some of the unused test blogs from my list. Christine, Gale, and Lou: if you aren't using your test blog right now can you boot me out as a member? You can always invite me back if you need to.

I will be contacting some members who haven't stopped by for a while. I will check on how they are doing and remind them we are here. If they don't wish to participate that is ok. I won't boot anyone without reason.

Our Photoblog was showing 45 posts before Blogger stats stopped working. I just counted 73 posts. I do enjoy sharing the photoblog with you all.

Linking For Keith

Keith have a look at the Edit Html and/or Compose bar above the space where you write.

You will see a green dot with a sideways 8 or infinty sign.

Click on this button and you will see a pop up box open. Copy the url you want to link into the box and click ok. This Is A Good Link To Your Blog.

If the link doesn't work check the link html.

(a href="http://wwwbtiger.blogspot.com/")This Is A Good Link To Your Blog(/a). Replace the () with <> to make a working link.

A common problem is copying the url and not overwriting the http:// that Blogger inserts into the popup box. This leads to a bad link.

Caution: Your blog url can make things weird for you if you are not careful. http://wwwbtiger.blogspot.com - you added a www to your blog name. Blogspot blogs use http://someblogname.blogspot.com - note that the www is not used. For example: http://thedemoblog.blogspot.com

Photo Links

Here is the links page for Our Photoblog. I called it simply Photo Links and arranged it a bit. If members are happy with the format I will start adding links and then add a link to it in the sidebar of Our Photoblog.

Let me know what you think.

About Us

I have mentioned this blog to some people lately and wanted to provide a quick intro.

1. This blog is open to people using Blogger.
2. There is no charge but some obligations.
3. We will help with questions and ideas.
4. When you know how to do something you may be asked to write a mini tutorial. This helps you and helps others.
5. You will be invited to become a member of this blog and can use it to post questions and ideas related to blogging and/or your blog.
   
6. You will be invited to join 'Our Photoblog' and post pictures.
7. We also have an associated group at Flickr. It is handy for communication. Flickr is a lot of fun. Flickr is optional.
8. Each member has a test blog and invites me or another experienced member to join. That way we can test ideas with out trashing your blog.

Obligations:
1. Treat other members with respect.
2. Members should post here at least once a month. This is important for new members because it keeps them in contact and not afraid to ask for help.
3. Your first priority is your blog. If something interesting about blogging comes up consider writing it in your blog first and then linking here. (Unless it doesn't 'fit').

I may add some more ideas later. Consider this a rough draft. It does summarize this blog's purpose and methods.

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