The Four Dimensions of Blogging Series

As I recently reflected about blogging and its four dimensions as I see them did it occur to me that this could indeed be turned into a series as it besides offering a way of looking at blogging in a three dimensional perspective also offers a framework for a number of articles. It may take weeks or even months to get it done, but hopefully we will all learns something along the way.

Favorites from Probloggers Top 5 Group Writing Project (Part 4)

This is the last batch of best and most relevant reads from Probloggers Top 5 - Group Writing Project considering the purpose of this blog (read communication, blogging, community, conversation, interaction, etc.). Once more you can learn a whole lot about connecting, communicating and educating yourself:

Top 5 Tips for a Successful Link Train
“I know the link train is a very powerful tool and that it can be optimized even more, but to be honest with you, I’ve come across some pretty agro bloggers who overreacted just a tiny bit if I forgot to exchange a favorite or anything …

Favorites from Probloggers Top 5 Group Writing Project (Part 1)

Part of participating in an event like Probloggers Top 5 - Group Writing Project is of course visiting, reading and when relevant commenting and linking to the other participants. With almost 900 entries it has taken me some time to get through them: Top 5 - Group Writing Project - Full Submission List.

A number of sites have chosen to put up the entire list, but since Darren already do that do I not see how that can help anyone. Instead have I picked my favorites and will be linking to them in batches of 5 a piece. Both …

5 Things You Should do Before Launching Your Own Blog

I am well aware that there are probably hundreds of posts about starting a blog published every year, but still I feel there is room for (at least one) more. Everyone seems to have a slightly different view on things even if many revolve around the same themes. This one is written not only to help those who are contemplating starting a blog, but also to serve as a reflection of the process for my own use as well as a starting point for this blogs community building. It thus serves two purposes: reflection and communication. Both of which, as …

Group Writing, Workplace Conversations, Twitter, Contrast & the Perils of Problogging

There are so many great posts and articles published every day that you need all the help you can get getting aware of the best ones. Although quality is subjective as is areas of interest I still think that publishing recommended reads can help making sure that efforts that deserve attention do not go unnoticed. As Schopenhauer noted “Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else’s head instead of with one’s own.”. These are my favorite reads from the last few days, which I hope you will enjoy as much as I did:

Top 5 - Group Writing Project
“Your …