How to Post

Posting to a blog may seem intimidating, so I created a summary of what the process looks like. Click HERE to see a visual description of the process Dianne went through when she joined the blog and created her first post to it. It took her 20 minutes between her initial click to join the blog and her final click to post to the blog. And she had to wait in between each step so I could take a "screen shot" and save it for this purpose! It could be a much quicker process for you. Enjoy!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to all our newcomers! It seems there IS interest in having a neighborhood blog. Is there any agreement on a new name for our blog? I thought Betty's suggestion was, well, COOL! Any other ideas? Once we decide on a name, it should be faily easy to set up another blog, and go through the invitaion process again. Meanwhile, practice posting something...

By the way, I suggest people choose "Display Names" or identify themselves in a way that we can recognize! We need to know who's who, and what's what, in this brave new world...

This is a test.....buckwheat

Invitations to Blog E-Mailed!

All our near neighbors (those on our email list) have been invited to join this blog as of 5/9/06. If you have NOT received an invitation from "MailLady Martha" to join this blog, please let me know! If you have any trouble creating a Blogger account, or posting to the blog, call someone who's been successful at signing on to the blog, or ask for help via email.

Good luck to one and all! If at first you don't succeed, keep trying. Many of us were NOT successful the first or even the second time we tried. So, don't give up. If you need me to re-send the invitation, let me know. (The link apparently only works once.) Remember, this is still just an experiment, to see if a blog is something that will add to our neighborhood, and if so, what type of blog it should be. Already it seems clear that we'll want to create a new name for our blog. So, think of this as an opportunity to practice blogging. Later, when we decide what we want and need, we can create a different blog, one that better fits our needs...

Name-the-Blog Contest!

Due to popular request, we will now have a Name That Blog Contest! What name would YOU like to see for a neighborhood blog? Chi-Chat? GPC (as in "neighborhood"-park-"street")? NOTLIHC? You decide... When we settle on a name and a style, we can discard this particular blog, and begin again. Meanwhile, add your two cents, and make it become what you want & what we need!

If you want to receive a "feed" for this blog, or to "subscribe", check the right-hand margin. There's blogspot's site feed (ATOM) and a feedster feed listed under "Helpful Links". Also, there's the option of getting an email notice everytime someone posts to the blog - but no more than once a day (sorry, no once-a-week options).

Seeking Tutors and Trainees

The fun of a neighborhood blog is that it's a new technology for ALL of us. We may not know what a blog is, or how to use it, yet some of us must know something! Therefor I suggest we assist one another. If you need help with getting online, write to me, ask your neighbors or your kids, or blog about it. If you have knowledge of how to help others, let us know what you know! Soon, we'll all be better enabled. Meanwhile, I'm reminded of the Rider Waite image of the Fool: to go in new directions, we have to be willing to act as he does, walking where we don't know what's ahead, and doing what we don't know how to do.

Get Email Notice of Blog

Today I've added new content to the blog - a "subscription" form on the right hand side. Fill it out with your email address, and you can get a message in your email of any new blog postings. Let me know if it works!