Hello World
This is a demo blog for giving people an intro to the blogosphere.
We're using wordpress.com today, but there are many other free hosted services (and some you get to pay for too!) such as: blogger myspace livejournal and typepad.
I took a picture!
and posted it to my blog using flickr
Homework: You can also upload your pictures to wordpress.com – check out how to do this here
I made a podcast
but it's very short. You can listen to it here.
If you want to host audio (and video) for free, take a look at the internet archive
Finding other blogs
Try out: Technorati or Google Blog Search
Homework: checkout PubSub for keeping track of subjects you're interested in
How do you read 150 blogs a day
and not go mad?
I use bloglines 🙂
but there are others –
Homework: google "rss aggregator" and see what you can find that you like better. Also check out wikipedia on the subject.
A demo blog for training people at Channel 4 