Archive for the 'Community' Category

What About BOB? The Break Out Blogger Award

Posted by Kirk M on 11 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Community

Yes, I have been awarded a BOB (Break Out Blogger) by Janet of Life in Westcliffe along with Grandad and a very unusual story of a young-warrior with leukemia. As I stated in the last edition of the highly questionable JT Evening News (published whenever I feel like it), I’ve always loved these awards [...] Read more »

The “First Posts” list (so far)

Posted by Kirk M on 16 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Community, Memes the word

Well here it is! The first edition of the First Posts list. Some fine bloggers decided to join in the fun and take me up on my friendly challenge to republish that first post that brought you into the world of blogging and they are as varied as the blogger themselves…
Sara of ilovecode
Liz Strauss of [...] Read more »

A ‘Republish Your First Post’ Update

Posted by Kirk M on 13 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Community, Memes the word

Just a quick update on the Republish Your First Post challenge.
The list is beginning to be filled in with the first 5 bloggers that resurrected their first posts to the Blogosphere back into the public light. And I’m pleased to say that none of them were by some guy named Admin along with a lone [...] Read more »

Republish Your First Post-A Friendly Challenge

Posted by Kirk M on 09 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Community, Memes the word

A friendly challenge to those bloggers out there who’ve been around for a year or more. Republish that first post!
Dig back and find out where you were when you first started out; unsure of yourself and knowing that there was a lot to learn yet. Maybe even a bit nervous about hanging yourself out in [...] Read more »

October 15th, 2007 is Blog Action Day

Posted by Kirk M on 18 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Community, Environment

Blog Action Day. When is it and what is it? It’s coming October 15th and it’s all about participating bloggers writing up a post related to keeping our environment safe. You do it in your own style and in your own way whether it be political, money related, family related, personal or whatever fits your [...] Read more »

The Unfinished Community

Posted by Kirk M on 07 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Community

I have been keeping a close eye on and participating in the discussion going on about the new “mass messaging” feature added to the MyBlogLog community site. I’ve found this pretty fascinating so far because as I first watched the idea of the personal computer take form all those years ago, through the idea of [...] Read more »

MyBlogLog Community Messaging…Ripe for Spam?

Posted by Kirk M on 04 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Community

One of the new functions recently introduced at MyBlogLog is the ability to send a message to your entire community in one single operation called Community Messaging. For those who haven’t found this yet it’s a new link added next to the links that reside to the right of the thumbnail of your blog. For [...] Read more »

Community, The Quiet Revolution

Posted by Kirk M on 21 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Community

Sometimes change comes with fire and destruction, sometimes with loud voices and the pontificating of law makers and politicians. But the most profound revolutions come with the subtlety of Spring rain which starts softly then steady and the streams and rivers begin to swell…and landscape begins to change. And so it is with us though [...] Read more »

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