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Tag: "blogging"

How To Blog Anonymously (and how not to)

Written by:Chris of Arabia
Published on July 23rd, 2012 @ 22:47:00 , using 5285 words,
Posted in Blogosphere antics
How To Blog Anonymously (and how not to) Further to yesterday's post, this is a list of thoughts prompted by a request from Linkmachinego on the topic of being an anonymous writer and blogger. Maybe not exactly a how-to (since the outcome is not guaran… more »

Things That Make You Go "Hmmmm..."!

Written by:Chris of Arabia
Published on November 16th, 2009 @ 22:53:32 , using 128 words,
Posted in General
I've decided to have a night off and leave you to your own devices for a while. I don't want you to be too downhearted though, so I've found you a couple of things to read whilst I'm kipping. The first is a piece from the Washington Post - "When a child… more »

All of a Flutter

Written by:Chris of Arabia
Published on November 15th, 2009 @ 22:37:48 , using 204 words,
Posted in Blogosphere antics
It's been an odd kind of a day in the Blogosphere, all kinds of unexpected pieces of news that have rippled throughout the Twitterverse. Hints, claims, denials, counter-claims, accusations, I told you so's, and records set in alignment - it's all… more »

Ears and Mouth

Written by:Chris of Arabia
Published on July 30th, 2009 @ 16:00:00 , using 572 words,
Posted in Blogosphere antics
For a long time now, I've always gone by the adage that one should use your mouth and ears in the proportion that they are provided. Generally speaking this seems to have served me well, I get to learn things, I don't purposely put my foot in it by… more »

Twitter, bit.ly and their connection to flickr & Izdihar

Written by:Chris of Arabia
Published on June 29th, 2009 @ 21:51:43 , using 1121 words,
If I were to look back a few posts on here, I'd eventually find that this blog got set up a good couple of years ago, since when traffic has been somewhat tricky to come by. I don't know much about SEO, in fact I know virtually nothing. I post… more »

The Sisyphus Connection

Written by:Chris of Arabia
Published on June 26th, 2009 @ 18:17:48 , using 321 words,
Posted in Blogosphere antics
Not an obvious title for most I grant you, but he has cropped up in my browsing twice in the last two days, before which I'd never heard of him. Sisyphus was cursed to roll a boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll down again, for all eternity as a… more »