Well it feels so long since the orientation day on the 15th and I am only now getting round to setting up THIS... my 1st ever Blog! Sorry i did not get a chance to meet more of you, but those i did, it was great chatting with you. I really enjoyed that first day and am really excited at how much I know that we are all going to get out of this course. Please drop me a line and lets all pool our thought/ knowledge and have a laugh.
This is something i always wanted to get started but never made it enough of a priority, thanks BAPP for the push. I feel so grown up (and hip/down with the new technology).
Rather than over analysing things and never actually starting, for fear of it not being; perfect/ interesting/ clever and terribly witty, i thought I'd just start somewhere and it can only get better!?!
Today i set up my Google mail account and got this all synced up to my iphone and this blog site too. Watched all the Youtube tutorials and tomorrow i shall sort out the RSS and wikis (maybe even upload a video onto Youtube!?!) and continue to play around/ familiarise myself with all this new fun stuff. Also have a proper look (only briefly flicked through a couple so far) through all the awesome blogs and, hopefully, get some ideas for tweaking my own to improve it.
As yet i still don't quite have faith in what blogging will bring, but i am 100% ready to have my eyes opened and will no doubt become addicted to it before the months out and finally see the use and power of these social media tools.
I look forward to BLOGGING with you all shortly (just have to figure out how to find you all now...I'll get there).
Stay safe all of you - Phil
ps - Let me know your thought on the set up of the site (what feelings does it conjure up, happy/ free/ unease) and if theres anything you think i could or should change (and... of course... (critique it) say WHY?)
Hi Phil, and welcome to blogging! I personally can't believe it's only been a week since my first ever blog so I'm sure you will settle down to it just as easily - now you've got the first scary one out of the way! I like your layout as it is clear and easy to read with your use of boxes (I'm still trying to work out how I can do this on mine without compromising the design too much)- but still definite and dramatic in your use of colour. A suggestion would be maybe making the blog fit the width of the screen? Just as personal preference, I find it a little annoying to have to scroll side-to-side as well as up-and-down. (but maybe I'm just picky!)
ReplyDeleteLook forward to hearing from you soon!
Good point Phil about getting started and over-analysing. We all need to create an experience upon which we reflect to learn. Glad to see you up and running.
ReplyDeleteThanks Aicha
ReplyDeleteI have, i think, altered the width, and therefore to need to scroll.
Let me know if it has worked as i cannot see if it has or not as i did not need to scroll before (i don't know why)
Cheers darlin
Stay safe - Phil