Liveblogging is a very interesting phenomenon. Essentially it is just writing down information at the conference or meeting you are in attendance. Almost similar to taking a notebook and a pen, but with the added bonus that if you are a well respected person, potentially millions of people are going to be able to see and comment on the information you are receiving/inputting.

Have you ever been ‘talked at’ instead of had someone ‘talk with’ you in a real life conversation? It doesn’t feel good to have someone talk AT you. It leaves you feeling like you might as well not have been there at all. Blogs can be like that and in this post we explore the power of asking questions on your blog and I share 7 types of questions you can ask to increase reader engagement.

A blog is a series of thought that become words and sentences that become meaningful. Break down each component of the blog to build a better one.

While there has been much discussion about the relevance and even demise of blogs as the statusphere and micro updates gained traction in addition to earning prominence in the mainstream spotlight, the reality is that blogs are a vital ingredient to the media ecosystem. Released as a five-part series, Technorati provided a looking glass into the blogosphere and revealed the true shape and promise of this important medium.

Back in the day, it was assumed that heavy Internet geeks were a bunch of basement-dwelling, trenchcoat-wearing, socially maladjusted introverts. However, a new study from the Pew Internet Project shows that geeks, including IM users and bloggers, are more likely to help neighbors, get out of the house, volunteer, and behave as upstanding members of their IRL communities.