Thursday, January 13, 2005

blog book?

Here is a rough cut of some thoughts for a book. Any help? rkoman(at)gmail(dot)com

Blogging: The Missing Manual

Blogs are clearly the Internet's Next Big Thing and while the sector has left the 'early adopter' phase , blogs remain a confusing welter of options for the masses.

History and importance of blogs
A series of essays, blog excerpts and interviews

photoblogs
videoblogs
sms blogs
voiceblogs
podcasts


Basic blogging
Blogger.com
TypePad
so many others
choosing a tool
avoiding lock-in
categories
blogrolls
templates
comments
stopping blogspam
hosted vs your own server
trackbacks

Advanced blogging
editing blogger templates
guide to css
Movable Type
Site design tips

RSS readers
flavors of rss
desktop readers
online readers
reading attachments
rss off the pc

Exploiting RSS services
Explained
inside a file
delicious/flikr/spurl-furl
podcasting?

Getting noticed
building reputation
promotion networks
How to write so you'll be noticed
Group blogs/large-blog communities

Blogging for business
For journalists
For flaks
Corporate blogging
selling stuff on your blog
getting advertising