People:Two new things on the site today: we’ve flipped our link list to delicious (which has just updated its interface and dropped the interstitial dots): anyone can publish links to it by using the nmp2008 tag. [UPDATE: clever/dumb link by mikurubeam to an expired internet meme, purporting to link to “Michael Honey”.] Also, below that, links to everyone’s most recent blog posts. (MH)(If you don’t quite get delicious, start here).
August 01, 2008
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Student blogs, Community, Admin
Post a link to your new blog as a note below.If you have signed up for a blog and are wondering what to do next, try some of the following suggestions:
Spend some time getting the know the platforms admistration/dashboard/customisation features.
Learn how to add pictures, videos, links etc to blog posts.
Write a blog post about why you chose your blog platform (blogger, wordpress, livejournal etc).
Write a blog post about some of the blogs you have found that you really like, and why.
Start customising your blog. Look at blogs that use the same platform to find features or widgets you like. Work out how to add them to yours.
Pick a new theme or style for your blog.
Start a blogroll (A list of links in your sidebar). Link to some friends blogs, or blogs that interest you.
There are a lot of tutorials and faqs out there designed to help you along the way. Have a look, and ask your tutor if you’re stuck with something.
July 29, 2008
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Student blogs, Tutorials, Community
One of the themes running through this unit is the potential for networked media to connect people with each other - along with the countervailing danger that people end up cocooned in their own networked-but-isolated spaces, lacking face-to-face contact.TaskOpen this article’s permalink (“Introductions”, above) and create a comment introducing yourself. If you have online sites/networks/identities you’re willing to share, link to them.
July 16, 2008
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Admin, Community