A Controversial Blog

Posted by on Dec 5, 2008 in news and events | 0 comments

More a blog about controversy, actually. Most blogging gurus - like my business partner Dawn - suggest that a healthy dose of controversy is of useful if you want to boost your readership and encourage people to comment.  So let’s get controversial then! This was going to be a bit of a request blog, along the lines of ‘please send in any controversial topics you would like us to...

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Lisburn City Library

Posted by on Nov 19, 2008 in news and events, social media | 0 comments

So, your local library is a place where those who have ‘free time’ – a luxury in our hurried working lives that few have the privilege of – indulge in relaxation and maybe the odd spot of surfing online and where school-kids go for some peace to do homeworks?  Well, think again! Lisburn City Library has been open for business since 2005 and it rocks!  Having been asked to...

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Is Talking About Blogging Taking Over My Life?

Posted by on Oct 7, 2008 in news and events, social media | 3 comments

With The Slugger Awards 2008 happening in Belfast in a few hours, I’ve been wondering…  Why this interest in Blogging?  Why is it so popular just now? I had a call last week from an NI Libraries Information Librarian asking whether I’d get involved in the SELB Library events.  She’d seen the Welcome to the Blogosphere workshop I’m delivering for QUB’s Open...

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The Ten Commandments of Blogging

Posted by on Oct 3, 2008 in social media | 0 comments

The Evangelical Alliance has come up with ten commandments for bloggers.  Read it here.  I love this one: You shall not covet your neighbour’s blog ranking.  Be content with your own content. Anyone want to make a suggestion for the eleventh commandment?  I’ll be adding a few of my own on my course Welcome to the Blogosphere: Blogging for Beginners.  It takes place over two...

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