Blogs n Dogs - Blog writing Style

Blog Writing Tips from Darren Barefoot and Susannah Gardner

Mon, 05 Dec 2005 11:23:24 -0800

Be passionate.

there are two things unrelated to being able to spell and formulate beautiful sentences that are key to having a well-written blog:

knowing/understanding your audience
setting yourself standards by which you can judge your success

that said, let's talk about what seems to be consistently successful in writing a blog:

tell a story
reveal your personality
show real knowledge
write well, write quickly
be quick on your feet -- make connections in your life and in the news to what you blog about
be humorous
find a consistent voice

Blogs n Dogs - Faculty Geeking out

Sun, 04 Dec 2005 16:10:23 -0800

We had a long day of travel; Will, Erik and I made our way from Vancouver. We decided to drive the 850+ KMS to Banff since we had to bring the podcasting and computer gear.

What a drive, I love the Rockies!

Now, we are all in Kris Krug's room, geeking out on the BNMI open wireless network.

Currently playing with us, we have Sarah Pullman, Travis and Susannah of Hop Studios, Eric Rice, and a few other folks.

Landed at Banff Centre

Sat, 03 Dec 2005 22:17:07 -0800

I'm at the Blogs n Dogs Conference at the Banff Centre -- well, I'm at the Banff Centre, and the conference starts on Monday. The geeking started several hours ago, though. I've been sitting here in our suite, surrounded by the esteemed faculty, and there have been multiple laptops open since just after dinner. Including mine.

Really, I've had latent geek tendencies for years, but I'm almost frightened at the potential of this conference to push me over the edge. I'll be learning from the best here, no doubt about it. I'll be SO Web 2.0 Buzzword Compliant within a day or two... (it'll make Captain Ajax proud.)