my blogging year in sentences

Meme: The first sentence of the first post in each month of 2007 …. as seen on Ruminations and many other blogs.

January-April: nothing…. blogging wasn’t even on my radar….

May: Cool web tools. [my very first blog post!]

June: I’ve been spending a fair bit amount of time going through my favourite websites and bookmarking them in del.icio.us. [my growing list of del.icio.us libraries]

July: Two blogs worth reading and bookmarking.

August: I had the opportunity to listen to Merdith Farkas and Paul Pival present on RSS for Libraries through the SIRSI/Dynix Institute today.

September: Another brilliant video from the folks at CommonCraft.

October: Wetpaint makes easy-to-use wikis and this video was made to answer the question “Why would you ever wiki?”

November: Do you cringe when your cell phone rings?

December: Robert Scoble talks to the inventor of the web, Tim Berners Lee, about the semantic web and the Web Science Research Initiative.

best of Mashable: blogging

Best of Mashable: blogging provides a round-up of links to blogging tools.

Thinking of blogging? Take a look at Mashable’s Blog Directory Toolbox and Blogging Toolbox.

Blogger and Podcaster Magazine

As a blogger, I’m constantly looking for ways to improve my blog and learn more. (I’m also an iTunes podcast junky.)

Blogger & Podcaster Magazine has some good resources to learn more about both topics.

The site offers tips, product reviews, and links for both the newbie or seasoned blogger/podcaster.

The site also has a frequently updated newsfeed and a “blogger and podcaster guide” organized by topic. (You can advertise your blog and podcast for free too.)

Read the entire issue online or listen to the podcast equivalent of each articles.

Subscribe to the podcasts in iTunes.