So here’s a short survey…just because I’m curious

1. I think Commenting on blogs is

a good way to get my two cents in

the best way to create a conversation with the blog author and others

a …

The appeal of blogging is that it’s a democratic arena;  you can blog about any topic, any field, any subject that hooks your attention.  While it is true that the more well-known blogs tend to …

To continue the conversation we began last month. I put to you then what I consider to be The First Question of Blogging:  Why do you want to blog?  Answer that, and while I …

When I first started blogging back in The Day–’04 that would have been–no one in my circle of friends and family knew what a blog was.  Or cared, for that matter.  I was kind of …

I hesitate to explain this part because it makes Twitter—and me—sound even more shallow and superficial than we already are. On Twitter you express yourself in 140 characters. That’s it. Your 140 characters enter the vast Twitter-verse where words fly by in a mad jumble—as if someone mixed together fleeting thoughts from thousands of brains and released them in one huge stream of consciousness all at once.

by Janis Smyth of Jan’s Sushi Bar
I got an email recently asking some basic questions about blogging, when the subject of copyrights came up. It occurred to me that while I have a very …

“Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. Those who can’t teach, teach gym.” – Woody Allen
Hello class – my name is Coach Smyth and I’m going to be your instructor today.
After asking …

Okay! I meant to get to this earlier, but…life, it gets in the way. At any rate, I have answers for everyone.
Becky:
Bloggy awards are nice, aren’t they? There’s not a lot to …

When Jane asked me to be a regular contributor for MidLifeBloggers.com as sort of the “tech go-to” person, I was thrilled and began a series of articles on basic blogging, one of which was published …

by Janis Smyth of Jan’s Sushi Bar
So you want to blog.  Good for you!  Blogs are fantastic things; they’re a wonderful and enriching experience for those who write them and can be entertaining, funny, silly, …