cartoon used with permission. http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/000478.html
Blog on Things 1 and 2 with a screenshot
Your blog is a means to record your progress through the wholeprogramme so take a bit of time now to write a post about what you thought of Things 1 + 2 and include a screenshot of your iGoogle page. It would be good practice over the 12 weeks to add screenshots, images, cartoons and other visuals to make your blog more appealing.
1. Maximise the screen (in this case the iGoogle page) that you want to copy and then hit the 'Print Screen' key on the keyboard.
2. Open an image/photo editing package on your PC and paste the image by choosing CTRL + V simultaneously or 'Edit' and 'Paste' from the package menu. (If you haven't got a photo editing package on your PC its definitely worth downloading a free one from the web - check out this list of the best free photo editors.)
3. Now save the image to a folder.
4. Add the image to your post by selecting the blue sky square icon above the post text box and browsing to the folder where you saved the image on your PC.
5. You will need to select how you want the image aligned and what size you want it to be.
Add tags
Don't forget to add tags (Blogger calls them Labels) to your post - Thing 1, Thing 2, iGoogle etc.
Get social
Blogging is much more fun and interactive if you receive comments on your posts, so now you need to visit other blogs and comment away. If someone leaves you a comment from a blog that you have not yet viewed then go and visit it and comment back. This is a great way to network and share.
Blog about Thing 4
Search for and "Follow" blogs that interest you using Google Blogs.
you can also search for blogs using Technorati and Blogscope, among others
Feeling out if your depth with blogging? Need inspiration?
Don't worry if it takes you a while to feel comfortable writing blog posts and to find your 'online voice'. Below are lists of some excellent blogs which you may find interesting and to visit for inspiration and ideas...
Don't you hate when you read a chapter, put the book down and then re-read it again at a later date only to discover that you've already been there and done that?
ReplyDeleteThat's what happened to me with Thing 4. Only I didn't blog about it.