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Geek Out: Where Won't You Whip Out Your Laptop?
In the movie Motherhood, which opens today, Uma Thurman plays a multitasking stay-at-home mom trying to raise two kiddos and keep up her passion for writing. Her busy schedule of feedings, cleaning, meal making, and party planning means she has to sneak short moments of computer time in wherever she can. She blogs in 10-minute increments at her desk while baby plays, at the playground, and even in the stairwell of her building.
Don't Blog Me Poster: Love It or Leave It?
These days, I'm not so worried about people gossiping about me to their friends, but more like the entire world on their blog. Not that I ever do anything worth blogging about of course, but still, the threat of being called out online is bigger and scarier than anything the town gossip can say to their friends on the bus ride home. Especially in the world of dating, being a subject for your dates' followers may just make a girl not want to go out at all.
Blogs and Beverages: A Perfect Pair
The Internet gods know that I can't fully function in the morning without surfing my blogs and sippin' my coffee, which is why I'm particularly partial to the I Love You, Blogs and Coffee print from MadeByGirl. At $20 it seems like a steal, plus you can totally start a new tech-print trend, and toss those old Keep Calm and Carry On posters to the curb. And you don't have to be a java drinker to appreciate these works of art.
Are You Blogging Less Because You're Twittering More?
Since the Twitter whirlwind took the world by storm, I've never felt more connected to some of my friends, colleagues, and favorite celebrities.
Unfortunately, I've noticed that some of my favorite blogs — written by copious tweeters — have had posts fall by the wayside (I'm looking at you, Mindy Kaling).
And it's not just celebs — I've watched the blog posts of my personal friends decease in frequency as their twittering has skyrocketed.
Geek Out: What's Your Office's Policy on Blogging?
An internal document reveals that employees of J. Crew are not allowed to blog at work, but wait — their definition of blogging is not just limited to keeping a personal online diary, it's also "any other form of posting information on the Internet, such as postings on a personal web site, business networking, social networking or affinity web site, on a bulletin board, or in a chat room."
I assume that means Facebook and Twitter, which employees are further instructed to not mention J.
Definition: Blog Burnout Guilt
If you've ever started a blog post with the words "Hey all, I know it's been a long time since my last post . . .
TV Characters Who Would Have Been Bloggers
Perhaps it's the constant internal monologue of TV main characters, but the more you get to hear the inner workings of these people, the more it makes me realize: These people would have blogged their life's troubles today. Whether it's angst, a proclivity for TMI, or job-related, check out the characters I think would have had blogs, were their shows on today.
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OnSugar Tip: Turn on Anonymous Comments For Your Blog
If you have an OnSugar blog, you may have been annoyed in the past that only users registered with OnSugar could leave comments, but happily, now anyone can leave them!
Just go into your site settings and you'll now see a check box for "allow anonymous comments."
Check it (since by default, it's unchecked so that you'd only be able to get comments from registered users), and you'll be ready to unleash your blog into the commenting universe.
8 Ways to Pimp Out Your Blog and Get More Visitors
You have a blog, I have a blog, everybody has a blog (or two). So how do you make yours stand out and get lots of eyes on it? There are a few very simple ways to make your blog unique and more personal, and to get more pageviews, with things you probably already use every day.
Don't Make Me Blog You Shirt: Love It or Leave It?
This Don't Make Me Blog You T-Shirt ($28) may have been created as a tribute to devious blogger Silver on 90210, but I can think of a few people I know personally who this would apply to.
With all the implications that new tech means for dating, blogging's a new problem, especially when people are threatening to blog about you or begging you to not blog about them.
What do you think of this shirt?
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