Blogging

This category explores posts related to blogging, such as writing techniques, SEO considerations, site design, or more. All blogosphere-related content.

The following content is in the blogging category:

Newsletter: Endless news cycles, style checkers, finding research, noticing things around you | May 19, 2023

What’s missing from the AI workflow: incentives for content creators to provide training data | May 4, 2023

Newsletter: Content creator ROI, Netlify, Madbot, and Hollywood | May 4, 2023

The right story for tech writers to tell in a corporate blog post | Aug 2, 2018

Are technical writing blogs growing or dying? | Jan 5, 2016

Question: Can I earn a living blogging? | Sep 30, 2015

Experimenting with a shorter post style | Sep 26, 2015

Reviewing content in DITA versus Jekyll | Apr 13, 2015

My Christmas wishlist on Techwhirl | Dec 18, 2013

The Double-Edged Sword of Hiding Controversial Information | Oct 16, 2012

Survey about Technical Writers and Blogging Activities | Nov 11, 2011

Blog Versus Web Log: Back to Origins | Oct 31, 2011

Building Trust in a Corporate Blog | Oct 21, 2011

Three Solutions to the Corporate Blogging Paradox | Sep 2, 2011

The Most Important Stories ... Aren't the Ones I'm Writing | Jun 25, 2011

Why Is Corporate Blogging So Hard? | Jun 21, 2011

Post-Publishing Word Count Can Be Three Times as Long | Feb 25, 2011

Why I'm So Visible | Dec 22, 2010

Content Curation versus Content Creation | Dec 22, 2010

Technology vs. Content, or Why Teaching WordPress Is Frustrating | Nov 29, 2010

Guest Post on Firehead Blog -- "Finding a Content Strategy for Your Blog" | Oct 11, 2010

Podcast: Finding and Creating Relevant Content -- Strategies for Social Media | Oct 8, 2010

Answers About the Field of Technical Writing for Students | Sep 6, 2010

Trust and Transparency: Leadership Day at the STC Summit #stc10 | May 3, 2010

“Blogs are Still Where Substantive Conversations are Happening.” | Apr 29, 2010

Podcast on the seven deadly sins of blogging | Nov 5, 2009

The Long Tail of Online Profitability | Nov 3, 2009

Reinventing Yourself Through Your Blog | Nov 1, 2009

Being inattentive (Sins of blogging) | Oct 31, 2009

Being unfindable (Sins of blogging) | Oct 18, 2009

Being irresponsible (Sins of blogging) | Oct 17, 2009

Being unreadable (Sins of blogging) | Oct 17, 2009

Being boring (Sins of blogging) | Oct 13, 2009

Being irrelevant (Sins of blogging) | Oct 4, 2009

My STC Summit Blogging Presentation Is Free | Oct 1, 2009

Being fake (Sins of blogging) | Sep 15, 2009

STC: Quo Vadis? Mike Hughes gets introspective about the STC situation | Sep 11, 2009

The Content Wrangler Moves to WordPress | Sep 10, 2009

How Do Blogs and Wikis Fit Together? | Sep 8, 2009

NY Times criticized for letting Pogue maintain Apple bias | Sep 7, 2009

The best time to publish your blog posts | Sep 1, 2009

Apple blogger makes living from blog | Aug 11, 2009

Blogging as an Outlet for Technical Writers | Jul 31, 2009

Lying in a Hammock, or, Having a Single Goal without a Purpose | Jul 31, 2009

My STC Live Webinar on Blogging This Wednesday at 1pm | Jul 28, 2009

Moving Towards a Manifesto About Online Versus Print Formats | Jul 27, 2009

My Guest Post on Unstoppability for DMN Communications | Jul 22, 2009

Write Articles, Not Blog Postings (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) | Jun 28, 2009

Converting Readers from Casual Subscribers to Devoted Followers | May 21, 2009

Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and the Real Reason You Are a Successful Writer | May 13, 2009

WordPress Tip: Recording of WordPress Webinar | Apr 27, 2009

Making Money from Blogging | Apr 22, 2009

Blogging: A New Role for Technical Communicators | Apr 8, 2009

The Corporate Blogger Story | Apr 1, 2009

WordPress Tip: Introduction to WordPress -- Webinar, April 14 | Mar 18, 2009

Jane's Presentation, Twitter for Business (podcast) | Mar 15, 2009

"Like My Own Personal Brand of Heroin" | Mar 10, 2009

Managing Your Social Media Profiles and Badges | Mar 8, 2009

Podcast -- Blogging for Technical Communicators Webinar (Part 1) | Mar 3, 2009

WordPress Tip: Rotating Flash Tag Clouds | Feb 19, 2009

Blogging Webinar Thursday Evening | Feb 18, 2009

Tip: Automatically Push Your Latest Blog Posts Across Twitter | Feb 13, 2009

Can SharePoint 2007 Be Used as a Help Authoring Tool? | Feb 11, 2009

Added a Blog Wall to my site | Jan 26, 2009

Upcoming Presentations, or, Blogging and Increased Visibility | Jan 21, 2009

Poll: What blogging software is available for use at your work? | Jan 12, 2009

Wrapping up 2008 – Successes, Failures, and Goals for the Next Year | Jan 6, 2009

WordPress Tip: Integrate WordPress into an Existing Website | Dec 28, 2008

Guy Kawasaki's Alltop Site Now Includes Technical Writing | Nov 29, 2008

Usability Newsletter Interview – I'd Rather Be Writing – The Man Behind the Words | Nov 17, 2008

You Can Now Advertise on My Blog | Nov 10, 2008

Author-it Launches a Blog -- An Interview About the Who, Why, and How | Nov 9, 2008

My Recommended Training for Corporate Bloggers: Live with a Mommy Blogger | Nov 5, 2008

Tip: Search Engine Optimize Your Blog Posts to Increase Your Readership | Sep 18, 2008

Watch What Happens When You Copy from Word into a Blog Post | Sep 17, 2008

Corporate Migration to the Blogosphere | Aug 27, 2008

Another Collaborative Site: Read Scriptures Together | Aug 27, 2008

Too Connected – Utopias and Dystopias of Communication | Aug 18, 2008

New Site Policy About How I Respond to Questions | Jul 27, 2008

When you don't feel like blogging, is it time to blog? | Jul 27, 2008

My First Guest Post -- And Best Writing Tip | Jun 5, 2008

Follow the STC Conference Twitterers at http://twemes.com/stc2008 | Jun 2, 2008

Podcast: XSL, Flash, and Live Blogging -- Interview with Sarah O'Keefe | May 17, 2008

Giving a Virtual Presentation to STC-Phoenix on Tuesday, May 13 | May 12, 2008

Podcast: Leading Your Company into the Wikis, Blogs, and Social Networks of Web 2.0 | May 6, 2008

WordPress Tip: My WordPress Quick Start Guide — Now Available on the WordPress Codex | Apr 29, 2008

Updated Date and Time for WordPress Course -- Wednesday Evening, April 30 | Apr 24, 2008

WordPress for Beginners Course -- Wednesday Evening, April 30 | Apr 20, 2008

Why Software Applications Need Product Blogs, and Why They Don't Get Them | Apr 16, 2008

How Much Time Do You Spend in Web 2.0 -- Interesting Article from the Read/Write Web | Apr 16, 2008

Looking for Corporate Examples of Web 2.0 Engagement | Apr 13, 2008

Podcast -- Social Networking and the Value of User Communities for Technical Communicators | Apr 12, 2008

Guest Post -- From Blogging Veterans: Three Keys to Successful Blogging | Apr 11, 2008

The Right Way and Wrong Way to Teach People WordPress: Notes from a Wordcamp Utah Planning Meeting at Applebees | Apr 11, 2008

NY Times Article Suggests Effects of Blogging = Weight Loss/Gain, Sleep Disorder, Exhaustion, Heart Disease, and Nervous Breakdown | Apr 6, 2008

How to Get Your Blog Mentioned in the Society for Technical Communication's Intercom: Include the Word "Technical Communicator" | Apr 4, 2008

The Best and Worst of Times with a Hard Headed Woman | Mar 31, 2008

Twitter Tools and Uses: The Most Comprehensive Listing of Twitter Resources I've Seen | Mar 30, 2008

A Creepy Widget I Absolutely Had to Add to My Blog | Mar 30, 2008

How to Get Everyone and Their Dog/Family/Friends Reading and Subscribing to Your Blog -- 10 Tips | Mar 28, 2008

I'm Planning to Offer WordPress Training -- Are You Interested? | Mar 26, 2008

Are You One of the 824 Technical Communicators on Ning Yet? | Mar 15, 2008

Lots of 2008 SXSW Podcasts Now Available | Mar 10, 2008

My 5 Pet Peeves with Reading Blogs (mostly surrounding comments and feeds) | Mar 9, 2008

Deciding When to Speak Up and When to Shut Up | Mar 8, 2008

How to Record Live Presentations with the Zoom H4 Digital Recorder | Mar 2, 2008

My Blogging and Podcasting Presentation -- the MP3 and Video Recording | Mar 2, 2008

Stoking the Creative Muse: How Finding Ideas to Write About Is Similar to Remembering Your Dreams | Feb 29, 2008

How My BlackBerry May Benefit You | Feb 27, 2008

CNN Producer Fired for His Blog -- A Growing Discontent for Mainstream Media | Feb 24, 2008

Have a Blog? a Podcast? Want one? Come learn everything you need to know | Feb 20, 2008

Two New Blogs to Add to Your Reader: Craig Haiss' Helpscribe and Sharon Burton's Madcap Blog | Feb 17, 2008

Survey Results: How I'm Changing My Blog Based on Your Responses | Feb 13, 2008

Will you take my short survey? | Feb 7, 2008

Answering Questions on the "Practicalities of Blogging" | Feb 6, 2008

Notes from My First WordPress Meetup | Feb 4, 2008

Blogging Jobs for Technical How-to Articles | Jan 28, 2008

WordPress Meetup in Salt Lake City with Matt Mullenweg | Jan 28, 2008

"Regular Sloggers Trying to Make a Living" | Jan 10, 2008

Three Notable Characteristics of Top 10 Posts: Lists, Headings, Images | Jan 9, 2008

Malcolmn Gladwell's Blink: Your First Impression Is Usually Correct in Complex Situations | Jan 7, 2008

Why Some Leaders Don't Blog: The Untold Story | Jan 4, 2008

"The great new tool for writing a book today is a blog ..." | Dec 31, 2007

My Blog and Podcast Site Are Now Merged into One -- Steps on How I Did It | Dec 29, 2007

The Hardest Part About Blogging: Coming Up With Something Interesting to Say | Dec 19, 2007

Implementing WordPress 2.3's New Tagging Feature | Oct 7, 2007

Counterpoints to "7 Blogging Beginner Mistakes" | Oct 6, 2007

LunarPages Sponsors the Tech Writer Voices Podcast | Oct 5, 2007

New WordPress Plugin Enables One-Click Installation of Plugins and Themes | Oct 5, 2007

News Posts versus Thought Posts | Sep 27, 2007

A blog worth adding to your feeds -- and reasons why | Sep 19, 2007

My Shared Items from Google Reader | Sep 18, 2007

A Quick Way to Unsubscribe from Feeds in Google Reader | Sep 16, 2007

Cool Example of AJAX in a Blog -- Increases Usability | Sep 15, 2007

My online absence isn't a permanent vacation | Sep 8, 2007

Making Special, Hidden Categories Separate From Your Home Page and Feed | Jul 7, 2007

Counterargument to the Importance of Categories in Blogs | Jul 4, 2007

Accessibility for Blogs? New Audio Feature: Listen to Posts | Jul 2, 2007

Converting Your WordPress Blog into a CMS (Content Management System) | Jul 1, 2007

Google Reader's Shared Items Feature -- Allows You to Easily Share Selected Posts from Your Feeds | Jun 18, 2007

Survey Results of My Blog's Readership and My Accompanying Analysis | Jun 16, 2007

TechCrunch Founder Interview on iinnovate -- Arrington Talks About How Blogging Is a Treadmill | Jun 16, 2007

Everything Is Miscellaneous -- The Problem with Classifying Information | Jun 11, 2007

Writing Style to Keep in Mind for Blog Posts -- Be Clearer Than Usual, State Main Point Up Front | Jun 11, 2007

How Information Travels in the Blogosphere -- a funny anecdote | Jun 7, 2007

Who are you? A one-question survey to identify my readers | Jun 4, 2007

How Scoble Reads 622 RSS Feeds -- Thoughts and Reactions | Jun 4, 2007

Installing Multiple Versions of WordPress on the Same Account, But Masking Them to Appear as Different Domains | May 31, 2007

Alan Houser Starts a Blog -- Check Out the Group Wellesley Wire | May 30, 2007

Blog Carnivals and my 'Makes-Me-Smile Monday' Post | May 14, 2007

Calling All Tech Writing Bloggers: List Your Blog in the New Tech Writing Blog Directory Wiki | May 5, 2007

Neil Perlin Enters Blogosphere and Gives Away Free Flare Stylesheets | May 4, 2007

How Blogs Dominate Google — One Highly-Linked-To Blog Can Rule the World | Apr 28, 2007

If you missed my presentation, here it is online (delivered through WordPress) | Apr 20, 2007

WordPress Plugins: Take Your Blog's Functionality To a New Level | Apr 17, 2007

New Theme Viewer: 39 WordPress Themes I Like | Apr 15, 2007

WordPress Themes Crash Course: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started with Themes | Apr 15, 2007

Unraveling the Geologic Stratum of the Blogosphere: Why We Blog | Apr 14, 2007

RockYou—Create Dynamic Slideshows with Music for Your Site | Apr 13, 2007

Twenty Usability Tips for Your Blog — Condensed from Dozens of Bloggers' Experiences | Apr 9, 2007

A Case for Corporate Transparency: How Channel 9 Changed Microsoft from the Darth Vader of Tech to Downright Visionary | Apr 5, 2007

Answering Reader's Question: Can you give me a little information about the blogging section of your Web site? | Apr 3, 2007

Three New Features for this Blog: a Post Index, Inbound Links Display, and Public Web Stats | Mar 22, 2007

Corporate Blogging: Five Rules for Success in the Blogosophere | Mar 19, 2007

TECHWR-L and Technical Editing SIG Implement Drupal and WordPress | Mar 14, 2007

Nine Lessons for Would-be Bloggers -- Great Advice from Josh Porter on Overcoming Blogging Hangups | Mar 12, 2007

Microformats and the Semantic Web | Mar 11, 2007

Starting Your Own Blog: Tips for Non-profits | Mar 4, 2007

OPML Files — What Feeds Are You Following? | Mar 1, 2007

Integrating Google Adsense into this Blog | Feb 24, 2007

Guy Kawasaki's Impossible Burden: After Blog and E-mail, There's No Time to Write the Book | Feb 22, 2007

Blogging for Your Future Employer | Feb 20, 2007

Are Newsletters Dead? | Feb 17, 2007

10 Ways to Make Your Blog More Appealing | Feb 12, 2007

Take Clyde's Blogging Survey | Feb 12, 2007

Forrester Podcast Recommended — Web 2.0 Is About Building Relationships | Feb 8, 2007

Blogs that Lose Direction and Go from Blog to Blah? | Feb 2, 2007

Tips from the Frederator: Pursue Life's Passion Online, and Blog Often, Short, and with Pics | Jan 26, 2007

Allure of New Media Requires Strict Bedtime Control or Else Sleep Deprivation Will Set In | Jan 24, 2007

WordPress 2.1 Released -- This is a major release | Jan 23, 2007

Survey on Blogging -- Darren Barefoot | Jan 22, 2007

Technorati Blogosphere Report -- 1.3 million new posts per day, so what are people writing about? | Jan 19, 2007

Reading Blogs versus Reading Traditional Print Media | Jan 19, 2007

Preview Images of Link Destinations with Snap | Jan 17, 2007

Podcasting article in STC Intercom magazine | Jan 9, 2007

Talkr service converts text-only blogs into podcasts | Jan 7, 2007

Google Talk | Jan 5, 2007

WIFM and Blogging | Jan 5, 2007

The Concept of Trackbacks | Jan 5, 2007

New Look and New Approach to Blog/Podcast | Jan 1, 2007

Why Blogger is more popular than WordPress: Ease of Use | Dec 25, 2006

Firefox and Deepest Sender are superior to IE7 | Nov 7, 2006

The coolest thing ever -- Total Tech Writer Blog Aggregation | Nov 7, 2006

Getting Ideas for Your Blog: Oneword.com | Nov 5, 2006

Corporate Blogging | Oct 27, 2006

Wordpress releases first official Wordpress Multi-User Edition | Oct 27, 2006

Advantages of using Wordpress for blogging | Sep 12, 2006

Using the Yahoo Maps API | Sep 10, 2006

FTCC launches its site and call for entries today | Aug 23, 2006

Why this blog, separate from the Suncoast Blog? | Jun 1, 2006