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The Archives: Blogging
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From Evan Williams’ blog I came across Twitter in Plain English by Common Craft. It’s only two and a half minutes and gives a great explanation of …
Since it’s just over halfway through the year, I figured I’d check in on my New Year’s resolutions for 2008 and see how I’m doing:
1. I’ve read 19 books …
4. Tweety bird
After resisting for a long time, I’ve given in: I’m now on Twitter. :) (Username bencrowder.)
Why’d I join? For a while I felt like Twitter was just …
5. Old and new
Time for a change. Yesterday while watching general conference, I got an itch to redesign this blog. Here’s what it used to look like:…
So, I’m doing Script Frenzy this month. I would blog about it on here, but I’m trying to move most of my writing/art/etc. posts over to Blank …
Today, my friends, marks the third anniversary of Top of the Mountains. It all began with my post on Germanic languages, and the rest is history. (In …
Alas, the Internet connection at our apartment was down when I got home late last night, so my daily posting stride has been tripped up. :P (Not that it …
As you may have noticed in the screenshot on my last post, something new’s afoot. It’s a blog called Mormon Renaissance, and if you’re interested at all in …
While being sick is driving me stir crazy, it does have one big benefit: time. I’d rather be well, of course, but since I seem to be doomed to …
I thought I was getting better. Bzzzt. Last night my health rappelled down to a new depth — then the rope snapped. I don’t want to say …
12. Seven habits
Tagging has two meanings in the blogosphere: the tags that categorize a post (whether internal or for some site like Technorati), and tag-you’re-it questionnaire thingies. I have …
13. Six quickies
My mind is a bit slow at the moment, so instead of struggling to pull together a coherent post, here are a few really short tidbits:
1. For the statistically minded, …
This may sound weird, but after posting something every single day since November 1, I’m finding that it’s almost harder not to post each day. I need help. :P
Anyway, …
Everyone seems to be doing end-of-the-world posts. I mean end-of-the-year. And I was planning to write one, but I was thinking it would be part of my beginning-of-the-year …
Came across an interesting post on Design Observer today:
In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare wrote a “rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” suggesting the meaning of …
Chris Brogan on The Power of Comments:
Today’s Social Media 100 post is 100% inside the comments, and YOU are going to help write it. Click the comments button and …
18. Using new media
From ldsWebguy, earlier today I found a talk Elder Ballard gave today at BYU-Hawaii, Using New Media to Support the Work of the Church:
While you studied here at …
Well, as soon as I hit the “Publish” button, NaBloPoMo will be over for me. Can I get an alleluia?!
Just kidding. :) (About the alleluia, not about …
I’ve started trying to keep up better with my blog reading (and yes, I’ll be weeding down the list of feeds I’m subscribed to so it’ll be manageable), and as …
Usually I have no problem coming up with something to blog about. Tonight is not one of those nights.
But that’s not quite accurate, I suppose — I do have …
Drat, I forgot that I hadn’t blogged today. I also haven’t written my 2,000 words on the novel yet. (It’s getting harder and harder. But I will …
I’ve been posting a lot lately. While NaBloPoMo is why I haven’t missed a day this month, there’ve been several days with more than one post (like today), …
Yes, yes, I know, three posts in one day is a bit much. But I read Katherine’s post a few minutes ago and realized it had been a …
27. A quickie
I’m not entirely sure why I haven’t started blogging again as frequently as before. I think it’s because of a few projects that have been pressing on my time …
28. Things to come
Consider this a teaser trailer. One of the reasons I’ve been blogging less frequently the past couple of weeks is a writing project I’ve been working on, and while …
I’m short on time so I’m not going to blog about my MLS experience in Vegas just yet. In fact, right now I have no clue what this post …
30. When in Rome…
I’m halfway through my trip to Vegas for these MLS classes, but I’m not going to blog about that till I’m back and the whole thing’s over and done. …
31. An interlude
I leave in an hour or two for MLS seminar in Vegas (as I’ve recently mentioned). I’m not sure how much time I’ll have for blogging (or if I’ll …
32. Comment issues
Hmm, WordPress marked three recent comments of y’all’s as spam, and I’m not sure why, seeing as there weren’t any links in them. They’re back up now, but until …
One of my friends once said to me, “You know, chick flicks are more science fiction than science fiction.” In a way, it’s true. But let’s not forget …
34. End of the line
This’ll be really short. Everything’s hectic, wringing every last drop out of me like a clothesline in a tornado, and I’ve got three major projects to finish before tomorrow …
35. Flood the hood
[N.B. I originally started writing this intending for it to be precisely one line long. I got carried away. ~sigh~]
I’ll try to keep this post short,
But brief I’m mostly …
It’s 10:18 p.m. (late for me) and I’m sitting here at my keyboard, trying to think of something to blog about. Not that there’s a shortage of anything to …
It’s one of those days where I’m not really sure what to write. I have a running list of dozens upon dozens of post ideas, of course, but usually …
38. Line of sight
Every so often on campus I’ll see the surveying classes out on the quad south of the SWKT (Kimball Tower), doing their thing with the yellow tripods and notebooks. …
With a number of readers starting up their own blogs lately, I’ve been thinking about what advice I could give. After all, it’s really easy to lose motivation if …
40. A birthday party
Top of the Mountains turns two years old today. It’s come a long way, I think, from those first baby-step posts to where we are now, with over eighty …
For those of you who don’t use a feedreader (and if you haven’t ever used one, I recommend trying Google Reader), you can now subscribe to this blog via …
Ho, hum, what shall I write today? It doesn’t really matter — I just have to get that last post off the top of the page. Well, it’s …
We’re in the middle of a revolution. You may have noticed it going on, but do you realize how important it is? I’m talking about the democratization of …
44. Only one
You know it’s been cold when you think 23 degrees is warm. :) It has been warmer lately, especially during the day, and it’s lovely. Soon I’ll be …
45. In the beginning
Reading and writing are my lifeblood. I keep forgetting that, but over the past few days I’ve realized just how much I need them. It’s when I read …
It’s funny how the stuff you write years ago can become so embarrassing. I’ve been going through Blank Slate, sweeping the dust under the (lush oriental) rug, tidying …
I need to be more careful what I write.
Ten days ago I blogged about Here, There Be Dragons when I was a third of the way through the book, …
I just finished my last paper of the semester. All that’s left is a final in my Middle English class tomorrow afternoon. And considering that the midterm took …
I discovered Snap Preview Anywhere five minutes ago while reading TechCrunch. Go ahead, move your mouse over either of these links. See? Very cool. …
50. Comments feed
I’ve moved the comments feed to Feedburner, so it’s now this:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/TotM-Comments
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