http://facibus.com/onblogging Andrew looks at Blogging and Blog Life Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:11:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is no secret that I am not a fan of the latest version of WordPress. I criticized the Alpha, Beta and production releases. I've since discovered that it is broken under OSX 10.5 with the Firefox browser. Others have had similar issues: Canny Granny has had the same graphic upload error ... http://facibus.com/onblogging/2008/04/01/wordpress-25-issues-roundup/ Since Flagship Blog Project: End of the first month (and start of the second) things have been a little hectic workwise - I've just had my first weekend totally clear of client work in several months and the batteries are slowly recharging :) In On Polyblogging I discussed the advantages of ... http://facibus.com/onblogging/2008/02/25/flagship-blog-project-third-month-update/ I've come across some other people that run multiple blogs on the Aussie Bloggers Forum - we've even had a discussion on the madness that is blog collecting. First step - the definitional adventure The talk on the forum got me thinking about what the cool kids called someone who runs multiple ... http://facibus.com/onblogging/2008/01/20/on-polyblogging/ Riayn made an amazing comment on Lightening's monetisation post: I can’t answer your exact questions because like you my blog does not have advertising, but since I work in online advertising I can give you a view of the industry. Online advertising is really geared towards the advertiser, they are the ... http://facibus.com/onblogging/2008/01/16/advertising-is-there-money-in-it-for-us-if-so-where/ Just to bring you up to date: IntrapreneurBlog.com hasn't changed much since my last post on the Flagship Blog Project. As previously mentioned, I did finish writing Intrapreneuring: A Process but I haven't marketed the blog very much at all yet. The shell is there, it just needs filling with ... http://facibus.com/onblogging/2008/01/14/flagship-blog-project-end-of-the-first-month-and-start-of-the-second/ I set up The Blog Link as a blog directory - more to the point, a directory of my favourite postings that could be voted on by friends  - a Digg in miniature.   You may find that social voting sites like The Blog Link and Bloggerati can help to expand your ... http://facibus.com/onblogging/2008/01/13/how-does-the-blog-link-work/ Lani is trying to decide how much of her personal self that she wants to put into her new blog: If I use my own name for the new site, do I need to keep my other identity completely separate from that in order to maintain a professional appearance, or do ... http://facibus.com/onblogging/2008/01/11/disclosure-and-commitment/ Metablogging or blogging on blogging is the niche of this blog and On Blogging Australia. Just in case you hadn't noticed - I like metablogging :) I keep running into a problem recently. I go to join some social networking platform or advertising/linksharing network and they ask me for a ... http://facibus.com/onblogging/2008/01/09/metablogging-is-too-a-category/ I know I've paraphrased this dozens of times, but here it is written out semi-formally - Boyd's Law of Blog Link Acceptability: Any link is acceptable to the reader provided it is relevant in context and adds clear value. OK, so I didn't invent this - other folks have been saying similar ... http://facibus.com/onblogging/2008/01/01/boyds-law-of-blog-link-acceptability/ The secret can now be revealed: Snoskred, Meg and I (and a team of very helpful moderators) have been working on the Aussie Bloggers Forum over the last couple of weeks. It has been an exciting time, with a lot of community-in-action networking (and a lot of hard work, ... http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/12/30/aussie-bloggers-forum-is-born/