http://microwebblogs.com Blogging Community by the MicroWebmasters Alliance Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:48:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, I'm really not torturing him... He broke his elbow two months ago, and just got the cast off three days ago. He could barely move it, and required Physical Therapy to regain movement. It is very painful to him. The PT showed me how to do it, because we ... http://microwebblogs.com/blog/microweb-blogging/torturing-my-son/ I've said before that blogging is an exercise in mundanities... If blogging becomes a source of worry over each post, and perfectionism bogs you down, then you've missed the point. Blogging is popular partly because of its spontaneous  nature. Lose that, and you lose a lot of the appeal. The real trick ... http://microwebblogs.com/blog/microweb-blogging/obsessing-over-objectives/ Sadly, the limits of my task manager are to remind me of the task. No matter how I hope that somehow it will simplify the tasks, or better yet, eliminate the need for them, it refuses to do more than accuse me with the ones that have not been done. It ... http://microwebblogs.com/blog/microweb-blogging/a-task-manager-can-only-do-so-much/ If you attend a speech, event, show, or other organized event, take along a notepad. They are great fodder for blog ideas. I sat in a dinner once frantically writing on the back of my own business card, taking notes as great ideas for blog posts whipped past. It fueled ... http://microwebblogs.com/blog/microweb-blogging/take-along-a-notepad/ My son broke his arm. That entailed a trip to the ER. Then a trip to the surgeon. Then a trip for surgery. I took work with me for the appointments that I had to attend with him. I find that most hospitals and surgical centers now have internet, so I ... http://microwebblogs.com/blog/microweb-blogging/blogging-from-the-hospital/ Generally, by the time I get to this blog, I'm babbled out. I tend to blog in batches, and this is usually close to the last (unless there is another that I cannot think of something to write for). So when I get here, it feels a lot like inane ... http://microwebblogs.com/blog/microweb-blogging/bloggedy-babbledy-boo/ Sometimes the only thing that keeps a blogger going is plain bull-headedness. The determination not to be done in by a brain fog or fatigue. Blogging doesn't go away. It is always there. For avid bloggers, it is an awareness at all times that anything is fair game. For casual bloggers, ... http://microwebblogs.com/blog/microweb-blogging/dogged-persistence/ A blog is a great place to learn to write better. You don't have to be perfect to do it, and in fact, can be a long way from it! Generally, if you keep doing it you naturally improve, so blogging them becomes a good classroom in which to learn. Bloggers ... http://microwebblogs.com/blog/microweb-blogging/the-chat-factor/ I've been woefully behind in blogging. I'm teaching a class in blogging starting June 10th, and have been working on curriculum and other projects that have timelines, and there just has not been time to check in on the blogs. Everything, it seems, requires writing. Sometimes that is a huge drain. ... http://microwebblogs.com/blog/microweb-blogging/getting-ready-for-a-class/ They grow on you... Once you have one, you may find reasons to have more. A word of caution though, each one, like children, bring responsibilities. Unlike children though, they are not sure to reward you. They take a long time before you get anything more than a feeling of ownership ... http://microwebblogs.com/blog/microweb-blogging/one-blog-then-two-blogs-then-three-blogs/