blogging, podcasting, and screencasting by tom johnson idratherbewriting.com

Blogging, Podcasting, and Screencasting

By Tom Johnsonidratherbewriting.com

By the way….

Purpose

The Question

US

AU

Kirsty

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Relevance

8 Main Reasons

1. Relevance

The Long Tail

Lorelle

Bokardo

2. Story

Story +

Appeal +

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Ira Glass

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“The branch of the megacorporation that I worked at was housed in a low-slung building that stretched on for at least a quarter-mile. My cubicle was in a warehouse-sized room that seemed to never end. At least 400 of us worked in this vast cubicle farm. My stall was located across the aisle from a flock of customer support personnel who serviced the Asian branches of the company. At any time during the day, I could hear a cacophony of languages that I didn’t understand a word of.

“Their customer service work had nothing to do with my job, and not a single person in my row greeted me when I arrived or said anything beyond hello at any point during my stay. The only time I ever heard from any of them was when one of their herd sent an e-mail asking me to stop snapping my gum. I was chewing ginseng gum at the time in an effort to curb hunger pains as part of my most recent ridiculous diet. Apparently none of them were willing to ask me to stop directly. That would have required speaking to me. I was greatly amused to discover that my noise distracted them as much as their noise distracted me. I didn’t stop chewing the gum but I did try to back off on the snapping - a little.” -- A Career in Technical Writing: Bright Lights, Big City

John Hewitt (poewar.com)

Why did this video get 100 Million Views?

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3. Revealing Appropriately

Chez Pacienza

You have to write fiction to tell the truth.

Paradox

4. Voice

IT Author

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“When the producers of the show first told me about this topic, I was all, wait a minute. This has to be a total set up. Do they want me to be honest? Because I still routinely break into the hospital at night just so that I can rub my belly up against the x-ray machine, and I just know that some crazy person is going to try to tell me how that's bad for the baby.” (You mean I’m not supposed to be eating raw chicken?)

Dooce

“During my art days, I did not go out with friends. Ever. Because I didn't even have enough money to go to a coffee shop. And I was always cold because I lived in Boston and didn't have a winter coat. At many points I did not have a home, so I just sort of carried my laptop around and wrote and hoped that something would come up by the end of the day. And I almost never had clean clothes because I didn't have money to buy detergent.” (How to build a career as an artist)

Penelope Trunk

Commoncraft

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About Page

5. Readability

6. How Your Audience Consumes Blog Information

Feedreaders

Twitter

Subscribe Location

Subscribe Options

Subheadings

Michael Pick

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6. Visibility

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Linkbacks

Top 10 Lists

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Tag Cloud

7. Interaction

Comments

Contact

8. Regularity

“The desire to write grows with writing.”

Erasmus

Contact Information

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