Tag Archives: Blogger

Avoiding Social Media Indecision

By Lee Aase | Published: December 19, 2008
SMUGgle Maddie Grant, the formerly reluctant blogger, makes a good point when she (after her obligatory allusion to my awesomeness) says I made her want to tear her hair out with the Social Media 110 course. She’s absolutely right: you don’t need seven ways to shrink your URLs. It only takes one. Pick one that [...]
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Blogging 107: Typepad Pros and Cons

By Jan H | Published: August 23, 2008
Chancellor’s Note: This post was written by Associate Professor Jan Husdal, the newest addition to the SMUG Faculty. Please join me in thanking him for this contribution, and also check out his excellent Typepad vs. WordPress blog. For someone setting out to become a blogger, choosing the right platform is important. Once chosen, it is [...]
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Blogging Platforms Compared

By Lee Aase | Published: May 20, 2008
Note: This post is Blogging 105, part of the Blogging curriculum at Social Media University, Global. In developing the curriculum for Social Media University, Global I had originally planned to have Blogging 105 be about the pros and cons of WordPress.com and WordPress, with Blogging 106 and 107 providing the same analysis for Blogger and [...]
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Intro to Blogs

By Lee Aase | Published: February 21, 2008
Note: This Social Media University, Global course is cross-posted as Social Media 105 and Blogging 101. Many people have misconceptions about blogs. Some of this is based on misinformation or disinformation from the mainstream media about mysterious “bloggers.” Like we’re a completely different breed, if not a full-fledged new species that should be prevented from [...]
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WordPress.com Increases Free Storage 6,000 Percent

By Lee Aase | Published: January 22, 2008
As TechCrunch notes, my free blogging platform of choice, WordPress.com, has increased the amount of free storage it provides its users from 50 Mb to 3 Gb. Here’s what I see when I upload graphics or other documents to my blog: Note that a few days ago that 3GB figure in the lower left was [...]
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