Re: Are you burying your content?
Ever feel really dumb when you have the tools to make what seems like a complicated task incredibly simple but you don’t even realize it? I was just commenting on how one problem with a blog is that your good content eventually drifts off into the ether. It’s still searchable, but it’s not readily available to someone new to blogging. I love Pederson’s idea of just created a del.icio.us tag.
I quietly added a “mustread” block to the sidebar of my website. See site. It’s actually a del.icio.us feed, allowing you to view it on the site and/or subscribe to it in your aggregator. I wanted a way of keeping what I think is the “best of edublogging” on top. I prefer pointing at others.
I’d suggest doing it for your own content as well, so people can find the really good stuff quickly and easily. Would definitely help make you a little more ‘accessible’ to newcomers. Simple idea. Gotta add this to the todo list!
That’s kind of the same idea I’ve been working on with some of our technology trainers. They are really just getting started with del.icio.us but they’re tagging the links so that later they can have them feed into certain pages (time relavent links for history teachers on their page that sort of thing) I played around with the css some and you can control things very well. This site has the links coming in as a feed from del.icio.us. It’s not as useful as I’d like at this point but it’s a step and I wanted to show her that css could make the list pretty enough to fit the rest of her site.
I think it would be a really good idea for your own content, too.
It would really help people see what you’ve been discussing, what’s
important to you, what you want to change / improve in your world, or
what you’re looking for help with.
I don’t really understand all the technical stuff with setting such
a side-bar up, but I’ll be watching for yours!
Amy H.
12/16/2005
Steve,
Checking your blog again in preparation for wishing you and Jessie Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah.
Congratulations on the new job and your entrance into the business world, albeit a very hip part. The new job sounds interesting and right up your alley. Discovery is lucky to have you! Are you telecommuting or have you changed your base of operations to some other city?
Best to you both and Solo, too! mem
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