Blogging

This is a blog and you can too...
Below is a great article on blogging followed how to get started as a blogger and reviews of specific blog sites! (The links have been organized in order of information value by catergory)

Opinion columnists may not have views any better than your own, but they have one thing you probably don't—an audience. Fortunately, you don't have to convince J. Jonah Jameson to hire you. A blog can help you disseminate your views, and a hosted blog service can help you get started cheaply and easily. You can write about politics, gardening, your cats—anything you like. Depending on the service, you can post to your blog by browser, e-mail, or even phone. Enthusiastic bloggers can post breaking news before Peter Parker makes the scene.

Blogs are everywhere. Doonesbury's Zipper Harris is a blogger. Howard Dean tracks his presidential campaign in a blog (http://www.blogforamerica.com/). Dan Bricklin, father of the electronic spreadsheet, shares his thoughts in a blog at http://www.danbricklin.com/.
For every celebrity blog, thousands are maintained by ordinary people.

Launching a blog is about the simplest way to create a personal Web site. Once you've configured your blog's appearance and characteristic options, you simply start posting. The blog software organizes your posts with the newest at the top and a calendar linking to older posts. You can keep the whole thing private, like an old-fashioned diary, or let a few trusted friends view it. But for most bloggers, the challenge is to attract as many readers as possible, and they let in anyone who stumbles upon their blogs...

Continue reading at:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1403731,00.asp
Blog Tools is an article written for PCMag.com explaining how simple blogging really is.
CIN Rating: 3

How do I get started?

Blog Basics
http://www.blogbasics.com/index.php
A simple website designed to help users find which blog is right for them and how to use each blog site or software program.
CIN Rating: 7

ProBlogger
http://www.problogger.net/
This site is designed to give tips and pointers to bloggers and people who want to become bloggers.
CIN Rating: 7

Blog Comparison Chart
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/images/blog_software_comparison.cfm
This website has a great comparison chart that highlights the pros and cons of various different blogging software and websites.
CIN Rating: 7

Some Popular Blog Sites!

MySpace
http://blog-services-review.toptenreviews.com/myspace-review.html
This site gives ratings and descriptions of many different aspects of the MySpace website.
CIN Rating: 7

Xanga
http://blog-services-review.toptenreviews.com/xanga-review.html
This site gives ratings and descriptions of many different aspects of the Xanga website.
CIN Rating: 7

Blogger
http://blog-services-review.toptenreviews.com/blogger-review.html
This site gives ratings and descriptions of many different aspects of the Blogger website.
CIN Rating: 7

Windows Live Spaces
http://blog-services-review.toptenreviews.com/windows-live-spaces-review.html
This site gives ratings and descriptions of many different aspects of the Windows Live Spaces website.
CIN Rating: 7

WordPress
http://blog-services-review.toptenreviews.com/wordpress-com-review.html
This site gives ratings and descriptions of many different aspects of the WordPress website.
CIN Rating: 7

Yahoo 360
http://blog-services-review.toptenreviews.com/yahoo-360-review.html
This review has an excellent description of what Yahoo 360 is. Very helpful!!
CIN Rating: 7

TypePad
http://blog-services-review.toptenreviews.com/typepad-review.html
This review is very interesting because it compares TypePad with a list of other top sites. Very helpful!!
CIN Rating: 7

LiveJournal
http://blog-services-review.toptenreviews.com/livejournal-review.html
This review has an excellent description of what LiveJournal is, and also gives some ideas of what would be helpful in creating your first CSS. Although, it was somewhat strange when it noted how TypePad is better for stats and such!!
CIN Rating: 5

AOL Journal
http://blog-services-review.toptenreviews.com/aol-journals-review.html

This review is good, but unfortunately not as helpful as the others on this site.
CIN Rating: 3