SWARM — Can You Explain it in 100 Wds?
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While You Wait for the Party
I was strolling around the Internet and found this most unusual site. It’s called Swarm. The homepage says its a graphical map of how hundreds of websites around the world connect to each other in real time. It is that.
You can chat about a site in forums or you can watch traffic move via red lines.
To answer the question Why use this? the page says Swarm is a useful tool for browsing not searching, to come with an open mind. To get to the homepage click on this screenshot. To actually try it, then click the button that says “Go use Swarm.”
It’s really cool to look at. . . . I’ve been doing that for two days now. Swarm is so beautiful and fun. I’d like to recommend it for a business reason, but I still haven’t come up with a practical use for it. It sure is a fun toy, though. I can’t even tell you what it is in 100 words or less.
Can you tell me?
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Link Leak Virus for Blog Writers
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Writers
Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes. These three are for three cool places writers.
- one a place you should join, if only to read the writing
- a writing job blog I found for this post — CAUTION: I don’t know a thing about the jobs.
- a writer who doesn’t believe in writer’s block, which is only one of the million reasons I love him.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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By Popular Demand Open Comment Night Starts EARLY
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It’s Like Open Mike Only Different
Here’s how it works.
The rules are simple — be nice.
It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. . . . Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.
See this post if you want some ideas of things to talk about.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Tuesday after 7 Chicago Time
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Tuesday Open Comment Night
YES, the mike will be open again tonight. So start collecting your thoughts. Remember, you get to bring what you want to talk about.
The rules are simple — be nice.
We got things going really fast last week. If you missed it, stop by this week, and check it out.
Some things we might talk about could include whether:
- anyone will ever pay for content on the Internet.
- Technorati will quit rolling out new features and get control of its old ones.
- the telcos will win on net neutrality
- anyone has a cool idea for what we should do on the blog this weekend.
AND THE EVER POPULAR, WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here.
Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Out WikiPedia, Hello Encyclopedia of Stupid
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Wikipedia Called Us Nonsense
So maybe you were around when we got mired in the labyrinth of the Wikipedia, or when we tried to find out why an article, written by Martin Neumann of the Small Office Herald about the Link Leak Virus, a term coined by Mike Sigers, was summarily deleted within minutes of it’s submission.
I actually wrote to Wikipedia about the situation. The official Wikipedia response to my email said I’d get a response in a few minutes . . . that was over 13 days ago. Hope the young man took food and water with him. A reader friend let us know that some editor said that it was “nonsense.” Kudos to the Advice Librarian who helped us make sense of everything.
We at Successful Blog needed that. We hadn’t had our ideas or our writing called nonsense by a stranger who didn’t know us for a very long while.
Finally I’ve found the home for us — The Encyclopedia of Stupid! Read more
Link Leak Blog-to Show Is Open
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Welcome, Come On In
Welcome to the First Official Successful Blog Blog-to Show where we are showcasing blogs from all over the blogosphere. Each blog has brought a short description and a bit of advice or wise words for you. So have a look, walk around, and enjoy yourself. Click the blog titles to visit the blogs for a closer.
NOTE: We’ll do this again soon. So leave me comments on how we might do it differrently.
If you’d like to be part of the next Link Leak Blog-to Show see the last box on this post.
The Gates Are Offically Open
1. From Sheila Scarborough
Family Travel
Even if you don’t have kids or don’t get to travel that much, swing by and check out my Family Travel blog, hosted on BootsnAll. I try to cover the globe (with pretty pictures if the reading gets too tedious) plus lots of timely links. I’m a freelance writer, an experienced traveler thanks to some time in the US Navy, mother of two and wife to one sainted guy.
Check out my picture going through the Panama Canal, and click on it to read who else in my family spent some time in the CZ.
Short bloggy quote:
My fave quote about blogging and life in general: “It is never too late to be who you might have been.” George Eliot
2. From: Keith Dsouza
Keith Dsouza’ Home
Why its worth while visiting me,
Well my blog is predominantly technology related but i try to make it more useful for the users, with some nice explanations and ideas about things I am writing. Am I writing good? That’s for people to decide.I don’t make technology yawny for non geeks i try and make it more interesting for them.
Small note for bloggers,
Well keep writing its the best thing you can do, write things from your heart, if you have a interesting thing to write about surf other blogs and see if you can related to anything else for your content, that makes a intersesting read at times.If your blogging to make money, then blog smart and follow some of the tips for newbies at Liz’s blog.
Though am not getting into SEO, another thing is that write content search engines can easily find, your content will remain on the front page only for a while, its the search engines who will dig them out for new users.
3. From Joe Hauckes
Working at Home on the Internet…
Tips, Advice, Links, Articles and General Information for those who want to utilize their Home Computer to Make a Living on the Internet.
Blogging advice
Make a Game Plan, but remain flexible, things can change unexpectedly in any business.
4. From: Andrew Nesbitt
Fishbitt.com
Original geek material, a personal blog from a geek finding his way on the web.
Blogging advice
Make your content original and different, dont just copy digg.com ‘s front page.
Commenting other blogs is one of the best ways to get more regular readers and commenters.”
5. From: Theresa Frasch
Frasch Ideas
Frasch Ideas is a compilation of thoughts, comments and discoveries gleaned from my voracious reading habits. Stop by to get yourself thinking.
Short bloggy quote:
“The decisions you make, make you.”
6. From: cat Catherine Wentworth
Designers Who Blog
‘Designers who blog’ is a one stop site featuring those blogging about the Communication Design industry (web and graphic, illustration, etc). Due to the slop over in the industry,
also featured are those in marketing, photography, branding, etc. Rarely will you come across a featured blog known for droning on and on about their kids, their cat, their love life or lack of one. DWB also has a twist in the support of the NO!SPEC campaign, and showcases
whenever.Short bloggy quote:
I’ve been working in the Communication Design industry (with my own business) for over ten years, and if there one thing I’ve learned about clients and how they operate, it’s this …You can’t learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle
is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
W. Somerset Maughan
7. From B. McCray
Small Biz Survival blog
By and for small business people in rural areas and small towns.
Short bloggy quote:
Don’t wait for someone else; be an entrepreneur! In the rural Great Plains, nearly 70 percent of job growth in the 1990s came from people creating their own job by starting a small business, according to the Center for Rural Affairs.
8. From: Gloria
The Virtual Wire
The Virtual Wire is comprised of a team of six writers, all of whom are business owners of Virtual Assistance practices, and are an integral part of the AssistU community. You’ll find a variety of conversations centered around building virtual working partnerships. You’ll find, as Stacy Brice states, “What’s shared here is the real deal, based on trial, error, and ultimate accomplishment in finding what works.”
Short bloggy quote:
What makes our businesses run and hum? Here’s a key element, as Stacy Brice writes, “For us, *virtual* means employing technology to collaborate and contribute to another’s business without being present physically. Technology available today makes being geographically distant a non-issue. The talent pool is wide open. People can work together with thousands of miles between them almost as easily as they can separated by only two feet.”
9. From Mr. Visible
Meanwhile Elsewhere
Ever wondered what it would be like to go back to school and finish up
that degree? Meanwhile, Elsewhere is the ongoing saga of a
forty-year-old man returning to college after two decades in the real
world.Short bloggy quote:
Don’t just blog every day. Break it up a bit with some artwork, links
both relevant and irrelevant, and be sure to let yourself ramble a bit.
10. From: Melissa R.
Purplestars
My blog is worth visiting because I share my day to day geeky tetchy
life, my rants, my love for pcs and macs, my studio work cams, my
photos, tech news, and software reviews. Plus I have a podcast,&
videocasts, as well. Plus I am a writer for Lockergnome.com.Short bloggy quote:
Blogging is a great tool because you can tell the world anything you
want, plus you can become a news journalist instantly if you are posting
what is happening around your world.
11. From: Dr. Mohamed Taher
Multifaith Information Gateway
World’s first blogsphere created with the object of disseminating information in the area that is called: Multifaith. The content manifests three formats: Online, print and multimedia. The context is interdisciplinary, i.e., multifaith literature which encompasses faiths, spiritualities, cults, cultures, races, regions, signs, symbols, actions, activities, as well as, transendental meditation.
Short bloggy quote:
Maintaining a blog is a lot like having a child (I don’t have one, but I can imagine.) It takes a lot of time, nurturing and care. source: Link policy and building traffic, from What’s Your Brand Mantra?
12. From Lelia Katherine Thomas
LeliaThomas.Com
The portfolio and journal of artist and writer Lelia Katherine Thomas. Journal topics addressed include moral matters, humor, interesting links, and highlights of amazing unknown artists and musicians. Art galleries are filled with photography, digital and traditional art, web design, and even poetry.
Blogging advice
The key is interacting on other users’ websites. Everyone tells you to get good links to your site, but that’s hard to do if you don’t go out of your way to participate on all the sites of your personal interest. This means writing more thoughtful comments than “cool entry” and even sending the occasional email to those sites where comments aren’t enabled. Recognize other people’s efforts, and yours will be recognized in time. It’s that age-old Karma effect!
Want to Be In the Next Blog-to Show?
Here’s what you do.
- Write up a sentence or two about what makes your blog worth visiting.
- Write up some advice or a bloggy quote that other bloggers would like to know.
- E-mail that information to Liz at lizsun2@gmail.com.
When I get six qualifying entries, we’ll have another Blog-to Show Weekend.
Free Promotion! You can’t buy that!
As always, you’re welcome to stay as long as you like. Snacks and beverages are in the sidebar. Tips are not necessary. Comments are appreciated. Relax and have fun.
Have a weekend. You’ve earned it!
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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It’s Like an Auto Show for Blogs This Weekend
We’re having a Blog-to Show Saturday and Sunday. Here’s what you do.
- Write up a sentence or two about what makes your blog worth visiting.
- Write up some advice or a short bloggy quote that you think other bloggers would like to know.
- E-mail that information to Liz at lizsun2@gmail.com.
I’ll feature both in a Blog-to Showcase on Saturday with a link to your amazing blog.
It’s FREE PROMOTION For your BLOG. Don’t pass it up.
If you have questions, leave them in the comments section.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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YEA Oystein!!
Jack had a good time. He said so.
So did Ann Michael.
Oystein actual added his own puzzle.
Oystein won a link to his newly remodeled blog The Advice Library and would like you to visit Limaayel, a writer.
Thanks to everyone who took part in the Link Leaking Blog Rally.
Think we should do it again? Have any other ideas?
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Easton Has Blogtipping Icons
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The blogtipping icons are way cool.
This icon is only one of four that you can pick from . . . go get yours. I’ll wait here. 
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Thanks to all who Attended Open Comment Night 2
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Open Comment Night 2
It’s that Open Comment Night 2 was also a grand success. 174 comments and at times they were flying so fast, it was hard to keep up. We’re already discussing ways to improve it.
- Martin has volunteered to gather suggested topics of the week — things that people around the blogosphere have been talking about. Those will be posted early in the day so that folks will have something to think about if they want to come prepared with a thought or two to add to the commentary. This topics list is meant for inspiration only and is no way intended to fetter the free flowing fun of the conversational atmosphere that we’ve managed to get going.
- Scott has suggested that we announced a starting time and I’m taking him up on that. I think it makes real sense for folks to know when the mike is turned on.
- Everyone should be aware that like coming late to a party, there is no need to catch up on what went before you arrived . . . just join in when you get there.
- If you have more suggestions, please leave them in the comments on this post. Comment night is a community event. So let’s make it for everyone.
One question remains outstanding. . . .
Does Tuesday night work for you?
Unless there is an outcry in favor of another night, Open Comment Night will be every Tuesday, starting at 7:00p.m. Chicago time. There sidebar is open and there is no closing hour.
See you here again next week!
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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