Some of my colleagues are starting weblogs. Last week we had a walk-through TypePad session. I consider it to be the easiest weblog tool and I was surprised how difficult it was. It’s not much about usability, it’s about learning the whole new domain: posts, permalinks, trackbacks, pinging… It’s could be so confusing…
Today we had a Bloglines intro. I’m always talking about RSS and news aggregators and I guess that my colleagues know the mantra “do not start a weblog without RSS feed”, but still… reading and hearing about it is one thing and watching one click subscribe and one page picture of who is updating is different.
Jill is right, you need to walk this country to see it. If you want to help someone starting blogging, do not spend time talking. Sit next to them when they register and make their first post. Be a guide – experience better than words…
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