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I went to the 4^th Annual BlogHer conference in San Francisco a few weeks ago to learn about blogging. I learned a lot. I learned that I wanted to blog. I didn't figure out exactly what I should blog about.  As a person who teaches people how to use computers, and is good at talking, I figure it is a natual fit.  So, I am going to start by blogging about blogging.  When I tell people that I went to BlogHer and how much I enjoyed the people, the information, the electricity, they ask me more.  This will be a forum to share what I learned and what I will learn as I go down the path to becoming a blogger.  I am currently reading Blogging for Dummies and am finding it very enlightening.

I am going to start by working and playing with the following blogging platforms:

1. Windows Live

2. Blogger (I've used this a little, and found it very easy to set up.)

3. WordPress

So, here I am on Windows Live. I found it easy to start. I created an account. I chose a theme and template. I moved things around a bit and hid the items that I don't plan on using right away. I am happy it has things like an RSS Feed link so that people can subscribe to my blog. I didn't have to figure out how to set that up.

I have found this blog entry very easy to create, including adding the links.

I am not sure that I can make it look original enough, but for now, I'm interested in starting to write. I'll worry about design a little later.

Let me know what you think!

Update: I went to publish this post and it told me that it couldn't do it so try again later!  There was no obvious way to save a draft of the entry, so I copied and pasted it into a Word document.  I signed out, then in again, copied my text back in and it worked fine. Hopefully that won't happen too often!