to blog or not to blog

[sunspotbaby]

I forget about the blogs sometimes. When I get bored with Lounge or Politics, I?ll read some and have tinkered with it a little, but don?t know much about blogs and posting to them. I have been keeping a sort of diary for my kids and got worried about "losing" them. Putting it in a blog would be a great backup, right?

Some questions for experienced bloggers:

Can you continue to add to a blog in a particular category?
or is each posted blog separate?.and required to have a new name?

Can some entries be private and others not?
I will be journaling on my kids, so safety may be a concern...or even future embarassment for them....any thoughts?


What do you blog about?

Thanks for answers, input, and suggestions

 

[Jim Tucker]

I think blogs are great for folks who like to write to express themselves. I'm pretty sure that you can have many entries under one category. I believe there is a way to make them private but you should ask the site admin. Maybe change the names to protect the innocent like they do on TV.

 

[Biff]

Advice....... :scratch: none here so sorry....... I dont blog- HOWEVER I do read other's blog(s) and enjoy them! so PLEASE do ~the blog thing~.....

I forget about the blogs sometimes. When I get bored with Lounge or Politics, I’ll read some and have tinkered with it a little, but don’t know much about blogs and posting to them. I have been keeping a sort of diary for my kids and got worried about "losing" them. Putting it in a blog would be a great backup, right?

Some questions for experienced bloggers:

Can you continue to add to a blog in a particular category?
or is each posted blog separate….and required to have a new name?

Can some entries be private and others not?
I will be journaling on my kids, so safety may be a concern...or even future embarassment for them....any thoughts?


What do you blog about?

Thanks for answers, input, and suggestions

 

[sonny]

<Delurking here.>

I blog to let my family and friends get a look into my life. They are all 500 miles away in the south and I am stuck up here in Ohio. I'll usually relay something funny that happened to my kids or talk about how much different it is in the midwest compared to the deep south. You are all more that welcome to check it out http://lackoftaste.blogspot.com I try to update on a regular basis and I forget to spellcheck too often. If I have something to say, I write. If I have nothing to say, I don't write. I also have links on there to some of my favorites like stuff white people like and dooce. You should try it and see what happens. It can't hurt.
Sonny

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[bentley williams]

I like the idea of changing names rather than making them private because I'm sure others would enjoy reading your blog. It looks like the entire blog can be set to private but I'm not sure about individual entries or categories. But you could use 2 usernames, one user set to private blog for private entries and one user set to public. You would need to log in and out under the differeent names of course.

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I forget about the blogs sometimes. When I get bored with Lounge or Politics, I?ll read some and have tinkered with it a little, but don?t know much about blogs and posting to them. I have been keeping a sort of diary for my kids and got worried about "losing" them. Putting it in a blog would be a great backup, right?

Some questions for experienced bloggers:

Can you continue to add to a blog in a particular category?
or is each posted blog separate?.and required to have a new name?

Can some entries be private and others not?
I will be journaling on my kids, so safety may be a concern...or even future embarassment for them....any thoughts?


What do you blog about?

Thanks for answers, input, and suggestions