Important! Pittsburgh! Blog Stuff!
Yo! Bloggers and Would-Be Bloggers in and around Pittsburgh!
My brilliant Pittsburgh Bloggers Cohort Cindy, over at My Brilliant Mistakes, has been instrumental in organizing an event that we'd been discussing, in our usual desultory manner, in the Pittsburgh Bloggers Organizer List (there are 5 of us, and mostly everybody else does the work and I just make medieval jokes, but they don't seem to have sussed out my complete lack of usefulness yet, so don't tell 'em, cause I really like the company, and I told the dean it's part of my Service to the Community), but she's really the one who did the work (I'm pretty sure about this, if I was following everything right) of -- where the hell am I? Sometimes sentences get really out of hand, don't they? They sort of take on a life of their own.
Ok, let's just start over:
Pittsburgh BlogIN! The First!
WHAT: The First Ever Pittsburgh BlogIN
WHEN: Sunday, July 2, 1pm - 5pm
WHERE: The Carnegie Library, Squirrel Hill Branch -- Meeting Rooms A&B
WHO: Bloggers and anyone interested in starting a blog
AND: Pittsburgh Bloggers
HOW MUCH: FREE!
WHAT THIS IS: An ultra-informal blogger get-together, wherein each person can write new blog posts, redesign blog format, set up extensions/blog-ins/fancy features, and generally revel in blogging with like-minded individuals.
For experienced bloggers, it's a chance to finally get around to all the maintenance you've put off for another day -- stuff like setting up comment-spam blockers, tag clouds, Flickr add-ins, and more. And it's an opportunity to talk nitty-gritty details with other bloggers -- is MoveableType better than WordPress or vice versa, how to get more traffic, how to put ads on your blog -- plus you can get fellow bloggers to help you with tricky, techie stuff.
For anyone thinking about starting a blog, it's an opportunity to get step-by-step guidance in creating a new free blog, setting up a profile and blogroll, and writing your first posts.
YOU MUST BRING: a wireless enabled laptop with sufficient batteries and/or power cables, plus any snacks or beverages you'll need to fortify yourself for hours of serious blogging, blog setup, and blog maintenance.
BONUS FOR WANNABE BLOGGERS: At 1:30 I will lead a hands-on session in one corner of the room on how to set up a free blog on WordPress.com. We'll walk through all the steps, from starting an account through to writing your first post and linking to other blogs and websites.
If you plan to attend, send an email to blogin @ closkey.com -- but if you forget to RSVP, you can still join us any time on July 2!
We plan to hold similar events every three months or so. If you can't come on July 2, send your contact info to let us know that you're interested in future events.
(I myself, alas, won't be there, as I'll be in Albuquerque eating my yearly supply of Real Food, but I WOULD be there if I weren't out of town too far away to get back, AND I will certainly be at all of them I can get to, after this. Cause this should be both Entertaining and Useful.)
My brilliant Pittsburgh Bloggers Cohort Cindy, over at My Brilliant Mistakes, has been instrumental in organizing an event that we'd been discussing, in our usual desultory manner, in the Pittsburgh Bloggers Organizer List (there are 5 of us, and mostly everybody else does the work and I just make medieval jokes, but they don't seem to have sussed out my complete lack of usefulness yet, so don't tell 'em, cause I really like the company, and I told the dean it's part of my Service to the Community), but she's really the one who did the work (I'm pretty sure about this, if I was following everything right) of -- where the hell am I? Sometimes sentences get really out of hand, don't they? They sort of take on a life of their own.
Ok, let's just start over:
Pittsburgh BlogIN! The First!
WHAT: The First Ever Pittsburgh BlogIN
WHEN: Sunday, July 2, 1pm - 5pm
WHERE: The Carnegie Library, Squirrel Hill Branch -- Meeting Rooms A&B
WHO: Bloggers and anyone interested in starting a blog
AND: Pittsburgh Bloggers
HOW MUCH: FREE!
WHAT THIS IS: An ultra-informal blogger get-together, wherein each person can write new blog posts, redesign blog format, set up extensions/blog-ins/fancy features, and generally revel in blogging with like-minded individuals.
For experienced bloggers, it's a chance to finally get around to all the maintenance you've put off for another day -- stuff like setting up comment-spam blockers, tag clouds, Flickr add-ins, and more. And it's an opportunity to talk nitty-gritty details with other bloggers -- is MoveableType better than WordPress or vice versa, how to get more traffic, how to put ads on your blog -- plus you can get fellow bloggers to help you with tricky, techie stuff.
For anyone thinking about starting a blog, it's an opportunity to get step-by-step guidance in creating a new free blog, setting up a profile and blogroll, and writing your first posts.
YOU MUST BRING: a wireless enabled laptop with sufficient batteries and/or power cables, plus any snacks or beverages you'll need to fortify yourself for hours of serious blogging, blog setup, and blog maintenance.
BONUS FOR WANNABE BLOGGERS: At 1:30 I will lead a hands-on session in one corner of the room on how to set up a free blog on WordPress.com. We'll walk through all the steps, from starting an account through to writing your first post and linking to other blogs and websites.
If you plan to attend, send an email to blogin @ closkey.com -- but if you forget to RSVP, you can still join us any time on July 2!
We plan to hold similar events every three months or so. If you can't come on July 2, send your contact info to let us know that you're interested in future events.
(I myself, alas, won't be there, as I'll be in Albuquerque eating my yearly supply of Real Food, but I WOULD be there if I weren't out of town too far away to get back, AND I will certainly be at all of them I can get to, after this. Cause this should be both Entertaining and Useful.)
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