Tomas CarrilloBlogging | Tomas Carrillo http://tomascarrillo.com TEDster, closet entrepreneur, PHX dweller, mac lover, extrovert, minimalist, declutterer, lighthearted small-town native Tue, 17 Jun 2014 05:10:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 April Blogging for n00bs Class! http://tomascarrillo.com/april-blogging-for-n00bs-class http://tomascarrillo.com/april-blogging-for-n00bs-class#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:16:52 +0000 http://tomascarrillo.com/?p=60 Not only was the first blogging for beginners class a success, but the Chandler Public Library was nice enough to ask me back for a second class in April!

If you, your friends, your family members, or acquaintances have wanted to get into blogging but didn’t know where to start, then this class is for you—simply refer to the class info below for all the details.

Also, the class is absolutely free and the Chandler Public Library asks attendees to register, which can be done at the link below. PLEASE NOTE: If after registering you’re told that the class is full, you’re still welcome to come join us! The library uses a registration system to ensure that there are enough computers for all participants, but a computer isn’t necessary for the class—I hope that makes sense. ;)

  • Class Registration: Click Here
  • Date: Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
  • Time: 7pm – 8:30pm
  • Location: Chandler Public Library Downtown (Google Map)

Please feel free to forward this information out to anyone else who may be
interested, and let me know if you have any questions! :)

Sincerely,
~Tomas
http://theclosetentrepreneur.com

]]> http://tomascarrillo.com/april-blogging-for-n00bs-class/feed 0 Difference Between Website and Blog http://tomascarrillo.com/cmss-and-websites-and-blogs-oh-my http://tomascarrillo.com/cmss-and-websites-and-blogs-oh-my#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:17:52 +0000 http://tomascarrillo.com/?p=56 As some of you may have heard, I was picked by the Chandler Public Library to teach a beginners blogging class. The class itself went well, but at one point someone asked, “What’s the difference between a website and a blog?”

Needless to say, I was caught off guard and my answer was along the lines of a website is more static in nature whereas a blog is more dynamic in nature. I then gave the example of how a blog has chronological posts and syndication built in, whereas a website doesn’t always have these features.

Unfortunately my answer didn’t really make much sense to this individual; and the more I think about it, the more I realize that I’m not really sure what the answer is?

Definitions of Each…

Taken from Answers.com:

  • Website – A set of interconnected webpages, usually including a homepage, generally located on the same server, and prepared and maintained as a collection of information by a person, group, or organization.
  • Blog – A website that displays in chronological order the postings by one or more individuals and usually has links to comments on specific postings.

My Thoughts…

If we strip out all mention of rss/atom syndication, CMS, comments, permalinks, pingbacks, et cetera; is it then safe to say that a blog is simply a website with chronological posts?

But What About Syndication, CMS, Comments, Permalinks, and Pingbacks!?

I definitely agree that all the aforementioned features are critical to having an effective blogging experience, and I’m not saying you should go without them. Yet with all those aforementioned features aside, am I correct in saying that the only difference between a website and a blog is chronological posts?

Is this how you would teach it to a Blogging n00b? What do you think?

Sincerely,
~Tomas

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