WordPress.com Joins Forces with Microsoft: Sellout or Evolution?

WordPress.com goes big time... 

Is this move selling out      OR 
the next logical step 
in the blog site's evolution?

(Recent Letter from Microsoft to all of its Window Live Spaces account holders)

Dear Windows Live Spaces customer,
We are very excited to announce our collaboration with a premier and innovative blogging service, WordPress.com, to offer you an upgraded blogging experience. We'll help you migrate your current Windows Live Spaces blog to WordPress.com or you can download it to save for later. On March 16th, 2011 your current space will close.

Some Advice to Beginning Bloggers or Bloggers In Consideration

This post on Blogging 101 is not the most recent (Dec. 9, 2009), but it is still very relevant. The article is perfect for the 'beginning blogger' or the 'blogger in consideration', as this piece explains what a blog is, provides links to examples of good sites, and details other general blogging information. Good job Yuri!


My top list of best blogs 2009 and some blog info | Yuri Arcurs

TECH: Google Docs Adds Major New Features [PICS] (via Mashable)

Finally! Google docs gets a makeover and takes some advice on usability. I'm looking forward to deleting my Microsoft Office program already.....

Here's the article by Mashable:

http://mashable.com/2010/04/12/google-docs-editor-features/

An Old Comment About Blogging

Just an old comment I just ran into in response to blogging with descriptive, quality writing:

I'm a newbie to this blogging thing, but I've been a writer for many years. Frankly, I dunno what the hell is going on in this 'blogosphere' world you guys are in, but it caught my eye and I'm hooked; I want to know. I'm gobbling it up as if I'm trying to make up for lost time or something.