Cast a Wide Net, Literally
January 24th, 2006
Christina Kirabo Jordan said:
I wanna learn how to blog!
Absolutely, Christina. Blogging (AKA weblogging, personal publishing) is a potent empowerment tool. Its ‘ripple effect’ of giving a voice to individuals is amazing.
It is not only important for you to get blogging, it is an essential Flat World life skill for Monica, Kiwanuka, Teopista, and other LiA, WE Center, and I4C folks to learn and use.
While it is great to have a standard web site, web sites are like “content islands”. They are great and a powerful way to have a presence in the world. But you have to get folks to your site. And that is not a trivial challenge.
Blogging is different. Blogging is not just a style of piecemeal, personal diary-style content authoring. Blogging has evolved into a combination of web inter-communication protocols — that is, standardized inter-linkage cross-referencing that creates the blogosphere. Now, with specialized blog content search engines, and specialized tagging systems, blogging is more than just about personal journalism. Blogging is a potent means to become less, or to keep from becoming, marginalized as an individual in the increasingly Flat World of Globalization 3.0.
One of our goals with this group is to create a kind of self-support learning center where ONetizens can learn and share what they know about blogging. So, by all means, we invite and encourage all LiA, WE Center, and I4C folks to join this group and have fun learning how to reach out and have a voice in the world.
–Sohodojo Timlynn and Jim–
Entry Filed under: Tech Talk, Various Other
Cast a Wide Net, Literally
January 24th, 2006
Christina Kirabo Jordan said:
I wanna learn how to blog!
Absolutely, Christina. Blogging (AKA weblogging, personal publishing) is a potent empowerment tool. Its ‘ripple effect’ of giving a voice to individuals is amazing.
It is not only important for you to get blogging, it is an essential Flat World life skill for Monica, Kiwanuka, Teopista, and other LiA, WE Center, and I4C folks to learn and use.
While it is great to have a standard web site, web sites are like “content islands”. They are great and a powerful way to have a presence in the world. But you have to get folks to your site. And that is not a trivial challenge.
Blogging is different. Blogging is not just a style of piecemeal, personal diary-style content authoring. Blogging has evolved into a combination of web inter-communication protocols — that is, standardized inter-linkage cross-referencing that creates the blogosphere. Now, with specialized blog content search engines, and specialized tagging systems, blogging is more than just about personal journalism. Blogging is a potent means to become less, or to keep from becoming, marginalized as an individual in the increasingly Flat World of Globalization 3.0.
One of our goals with this group is to create a kind of self-support learning center where ONetizens can learn and share what they know about blogging. So, by all means, we invite and encourage all LiA, WE Center, and I4C folks to join this group and have fun learning how to reach out and have a voice in the world.
–Sohodojo Timlynn and Jim–
Entry Filed under: Tech Talk, Various Other
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