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Boston Blogger Meet-up

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Reminder: Boston Blogger Meet-up this Saturday April 29th. Fellow PR blogger Elizabeth Albrycht will be in town and we’re going to raise a glass or two.

So far, we are a fairly small group, so I was thinking the bar at Number 9 Park on the Common.They have valet parking which is a big plus for this suburbanite. Plus a super wine list. Around 6pm or so.

HOWEVER, if the numbers go up and/or someone has a better idea, I am not at all wed to this location.So speak up, make a suggestion, come have a drink. I’ll post the final coordinates on Thursday.

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Back from “the happiest celebration on earth” (r)

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Well, who’d a thunk it? It IS possible to go a WHOLE WEEK without blogging and reading blogs. And the world just kept on turning. Or in the case of where I was, the Epcot "golf ball" and the Universal globe.

I didn’t go completely cold turkey mind you. I did read (and respond) to a few emails. But the weather was just too nice to sit inside glued to a screen.

I’ll be back in the swing of things soon.

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Explaining evolution to a six-year old

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Explaining evolution to a six-year old is not the smartest thing I ever tried to do, but so you have it. I was reading this post at PR-Squared which had this picture:

My son, home from kindergarten on Good Friday, is looking over my shoulder and chuckling at the monkey who turns into a man at a computer. Fool that I am, I tried to explain.

He listened carefully and then asked: "Mom, did you used to be a monkey?"

Uncle.

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Qumana

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A while ago Tris Hussey sent me some info about the Qumana editor. And I had the best intentions, really….

But I never got around to it. A month or so ago, however, I reached my limit. The blog monster ate its final unsaved post in progress, and I realized I had better start using some sort of blog editor.

Lucky for me, unlike my fellow bloggers Neville Hobson and Lee Hopkins, the only one I had to hand was Qumana, so I missed out on their less than delightful experiences with some of the other options.

Turns out that Qumana was running a contest that coincided with my use of the tool. Totally coincidental, but who am I to pass up a contest.

We’re supposed to write  "a creative post about your blogging landscape."

Hhmm. Just exactly what does that mean? I guess anything you want. So I am going to tell you about what makes my blogging easier. And fun. Which in the end is why I do it.

First, Bloglines. There is no way I could keep up with everything I am interested in without a feed reader. Bloglines works for me.

Second, TypePad. I chose TypePad over Blogger when I first started my blog, and for the most part, I am pretty happy with the decision. I wish using Advanced Templates didn’t rule out so many of the simple widget things that TypePad has, but so it goes. Turns out I didn’t need to use an Advanced Template to do what I wanted when I made the switch,  but too late (and too lazy) to go back now.

Third, Qumana. Major plug here. This is an excellent editor. There are a couple of things that I had trouble with at first but it does everything I need an editor to do. Especially tags, which used to defeat me. Adding links to a post is dead easy, as is posting to multiple blogs from the single interface.

Last, but not least, everyone I have gotten to know through blogging. You make it easy. You make it fun. You know who you are. Because if I had to list you all, I would inevitably forget someone.

And my mum. My first and still most important reader. She laughs at my jokes, even if no one else does. I blog for my readers, and I blog for myself, but most of all, I blog for you, Mum.

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