tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43632113135906736332024-02-19T00:39:04.788-08:00UWA Extension Blog CourseAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13725321676831509897noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363211313590673633.post-40998306931193027142011-06-17T21:53:00.000-07:002011-06-17T22:42:20.273-07:00Winter 2011: A rainy day in ClaremontWhile I type this, a lab full of new bloggers are busily typing their very first blog posts. I wonder what we'll be able to read about soon?<br />
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I'm hoping that soon I'll be able to write a list of some great new blogs. In fact, I'm very optimistic ...<br />
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Here they are:<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://contrarianrealestate.blogspot.com/">Bernie's Blog</a></li>
<li><a href="http://creativitydoesntcomefromaphd.blogspot.com/">Creativity Doesn't Come From a PhD</a></li>
<li><a href="http://amandaalessi.blogspot.com/">Amanda Alessi</a></li>
<li><a href="http://babyboomergran.blogspot.com/">Babyboomergran</a></li>
<li><a href="http://stephenincanning.blogspot.com/">Stephen in Canning</a></li>
<li><a href="http://woofableread.blogspot.com/">Woofable Read</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mizzadventuresofmizzcully.blogspot.com/">Mizzadventures of Mizz Cully</a></li>
<li><a href="http://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/">Sami's Colourful World</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mooretechnologytips.blogspot.com/">Technology Tips for Moorons</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lyn-storiesaroundthemediterannean.blogspot.com/">Stories Around the Mediterannean</a></li>
<li><a href="http://umustbjokin.blogspot.com/">U Must Be Jokin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bunburysouthnetworkprincipals.blogspot.com/">Bunbury South Network Principals</a></li>
</ul>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13725321676831509897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363211313590673633.post-5101481373817664042011-06-07T04:57:00.000-07:002011-06-06T17:41:07.117-07:00Welcome to the UWA Extension Blogging Course blog!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlQoZtUuxbfOXJZr2tHn25PKsfi8kNB1dtVFurVaIdHv6Lzdu4U0jyaCfpP0EKkN99QKXjdCS_6Wp4sOwWHiOcr75B0aEv4Lof4tyzJi-lYprgPlKCIiMCfPNZqWjjtmf_pEZap-zeJ4/s1600/Amanda+in+Nambung+National+Park.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlQoZtUuxbfOXJZr2tHn25PKsfi8kNB1dtVFurVaIdHv6Lzdu4U0jyaCfpP0EKkN99QKXjdCS_6Wp4sOwWHiOcr75B0aEv4Lof4tyzJi-lYprgPlKCIiMCfPNZqWjjtmf_pEZap-zeJ4/s320/Amanda+in+Nambung+National+Park.JPG" width="292" /></a></div><br />
Welcome! My name's Amanda and if you're a participant in the UWA Extension blogging course, then I might be standing right in front of you now. If not, then do consider signing up for the next course. They're lots of fun and prove that you, too, can have your own fantastic blog without too much special knowledge or technical drama.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13725321676831509897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363211313590673633.post-29706995497409619292011-06-03T01:07:00.000-07:002011-06-06T18:19:46.568-07:00Useful links for the UWA Extension Blog CourseFrom the quiz:<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://becomingafictionwriter.com/">Becoming A Fiction Writer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com/">Sleep Talkin' Man</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mylifeinthecountrytoday.blogspot.com/">My Life in the Country</a></li>
</ul><div>Finding images:</div><ul><li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/">Flickr - search using Creative Commons</a></li>
</ul>RSS:<br />
<div><ul><li><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/">Google Reader</a></li>
</ul><div>Blogging platforms:</div></div><div><ul><li><a href="http://blogger.com/">Blogger</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a></li>
</ul><div>Blog statistics:</div></div><div><ul><li><a href="http://www.google.com/analytics/">Google Analytics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.alexa.com/">Alexa</a></li>
</ul><div>Making money from your blog:</div></div><div><ul><li><a href="https://www.google.com/adsense">Google Adsense</a></li>
<li><a href="https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/">Amazon Associates</a></li>
<li><a href="http://problogger.net/">Problogger.net</a> (Darren Rowse)</li>
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</div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13725321676831509897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363211313590673633.post-56292354577997567362011-01-21T22:49:00.000-08:002011-06-17T05:14:42.562-07:00Summer 2011: Useful and interesting blogs we looked at during our course <br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Blogs that I suggested you have a look at:</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://mylifeinthecountrytoday.blogspot.com/"><span id="goog_1125358813"></span>My Life in the Country<span id="goog_1125358814"></span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://bigkidsmagazine.com/">Big Kids Magazine</a></div><a href="http://notaballerina.com/">Not A Ballerina</a><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://becomingafictionwriter.com/">Becoming A Fiction Writer</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://frommumtome.blogspot.com/">From Mum to Me</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://becauseisaidso-rachel.blogspot.com/">Because I Said So</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Blogs suggested by (or already belonging to!) our participants:</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://itwby.wordpress.com/">Into the Wild Blue Yonder</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.thecapewinebar.com/category/our-blog/">The Cape Wine Bar</a><br />
<a href="http://jessieanne-thehouseofflowers.blogspot.com/">Jessie Anne - The House of Flowers</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.roujan.com/index.php/le-couvent-diary.html">Le Couvent</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.thefoodpornographer.com/">The Food Pornographer</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Blogs created by our participants: (How exciting!!):</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.talesofaperthtwentysomething.blogspot.com/">Tales of a Perth Twenty-Something</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://chefsinternational.blogspot.com/">Chefs International</a></div><a href="http://sawtellseasidevillage.blogspot.com/">Sawtell - quaint but sophisticated</a> <br />
<a href="http://mandvg.blogspot.com/">Martin's World</a><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://a-few-acres.blogspot.com/">A Few Acres</a><br />
<a href="http://yonder-wander.blogspot.com/">Wander Yonder</a><br />
<a href="http://travel-musings-dympna.blogspot.com/">Sunsets and Chardonnays</a><br />
<a href="http://cottesloeviewer.blogspot.com/">Cottesloe Viewer</a><br />
<a href="http://anevolvingearth.blogspot.com/">An Evolving Earth</a><br />
<a href="http://tb2b.blogspot.com/">To Be</a><br />
<a href="http://history011.blogspot.com/">Speaking of History</a><br />
<a href="http://thebackpackingduo.blogspot.com/">Where in the World is Eva?</a><br />
<a href="http://joymanifest.blogspot.com/">Joy Manifest</a><br />
<a href="http://weeklycoffeeheadlines.blogspot.com/">The Weekly Coffee Headlines</a><br />
<a href="http://fiveacrevoice.blogspot.com/">Five Acre Voice</a><br />
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</div> <span id="goog_1125358864"></span><span id="goog_1125358865">Here's a picture of Perth, so you know where we are!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're in Perth today!<br />
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One of our participants needs a photo of a chicken.<br />
We found one in Flickr. Here it is:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPW9YREuAGQ2JKt0Wb6U40z43ixWfB468Shjbb7W1aKRCclYEyy7nlEVG56dLuhXk35lLTSehrpi8Pb2G7hHQAPFIvb64gFQk-d7sQMOsC5aycAWECEDC0Fkq8D1uqPhGrf75ZK-rwkA/s1600/Chicken.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPW9YREuAGQ2JKt0Wb6U40z43ixWfB468Shjbb7W1aKRCclYEyy7nlEVG56dLuhXk35lLTSehrpi8Pb2G7hHQAPFIvb64gFQk-d7sQMOsC5aycAWECEDC0Fkq8D1uqPhGrf75ZK-rwkA/s320/Chicken.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>(Thanks to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/helloeveryone123/4079109977/">StevenW</a> for the photo)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13725321676831509897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363211313590673633.post-43006670606467905612010-10-23T23:03:00.000-07:002011-06-06T18:21:12.304-07:00Spring 2010: Introducing some great new bloggers!<span style="font-size: large;">Today in Claremont a fantastic new bunch of blogs was born ... let me introduce a few of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First of all, we have a <a href="http://frustratedhomebuilder-owner.blogspot.com/">frustrated home builder</a> who's going to chronicle the home building process for us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Secondly, we have a young lady who claims to be <a href="http://courtney-turning50.blogspot.com/">turning 50 soon</a>! We can't believe it ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And finally, we have a student who is wondering <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">where she is</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also have a trainer who is wondering how her little boy is:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small boy</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the course participants had this to say:</span><br />
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<blockquote><span style="font-size: large;">It's hard to get coffee in Claremont on a Sunday morning before 9 o'clock.</span></blockquote>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13725321676831509897noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363211313590673633.post-68481964871534121612010-10-04T22:44:00.000-07:002010-10-05T22:45:16.408-07:00Recommended reading for bloggers<div style="text-align: left;">As far as I'm concerned, if you want to learn about making some cash out of your blog, then there is one blogging bible and here it is:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=becaficwri-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0470616342&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; width: 131px;"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The authors, Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett, are pioneers in the blogging field but don't mind sharing their secrets in a really readable way. And Darren's an Aussie from Melbourne, yet a world famous professional blogger. I think that's great!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">There are numerous other blogging books on the market, but my advice is that in most cases you're better off doing your research online. After all, if you're blogging you're online, so great blogging information must be there too, right? Darren Rowse's site <a href="http://problogger.net/">Problogger.net</a> has a wealth of information - head into the middle of the page to the "Popular at Problogger" and click on the "For Beginners" tab to get you started.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Whenever you reach a stage in your blogging where you're not sure what to do next, just Google your question and there'll be a million answers. In fact, that's how I learnt most of what I know about blogging. For example, when I wanted to change my blog to a WordPress template, I Googled "how to change blogger blog to wordpress" and found several pages which gave me detailed instructions.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13725321676831509897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363211313590673633.post-44098236432618398202010-10-03T21:12:00.000-07:002010-10-23T17:53:32.785-07:00You're never too young or old to blog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dySXNgjVuhZhdTbMjQR4AaOE8y7D-y0N6v0v6gUoj9A5_idbNjKNJ6Mkd_2wdBEYq4iRG4P-HDghkNyNFOi-g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
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