How to succeed in TECH 621

You may feel a bit of information overload and a bit of confusion about TECH 621. This is normal, because this course probably is very different from others you have taken.
You are trained to succeed in your typical course, but may not be sure how to tackle this one. Here’s some help:
To succeed in TECH [...]

Twitter & WordPress resources for TECH 621

TWITTER

Setting up your account, finding people to follow
Twitter use tips
Advice on how to twitter

WORDPRESS

Setting up your WordPress blog
WordPress TV help

Also, if you need help with Google reader, see these posts.

How to embed YouTube videos in your blog posts

See this screencast tutorial to learn how to embed videos from YouTube right in the middle of your blog post (like I did in my previous post).
It would be cool if I could embed the screencast right here in the blog post, wouldn’t it? Unfortunately, I can’t do that, because it’s a Flash file and [...]

Think you know how to google?

Check out his very short and as always, brilliant video from Common Craft. Even if you think you know how to use search engines, I bet there will be a tip or two in this video you didn’t know about:

How to make sure your username links to your blog

When you comment on a WP post, if you’re logged in, WP identifies your comment by your username (in my case, prprofmv). Look at the comments on the Crazy things happen in PR post – some usernames link to the person’s blog (Sallie’s and Steve’s), others do not.
It’s important that your username be linked to [...]

How to document a comment YOU wrote on OTHER blogs

If you post a comment on this blog, it’s OK if you don’t document it in a post on yours. I have it here, and I can count comments in my WP dashboard.
It’s very important that you do document comments you post on other blogs.
Here are step by step instructions:

Create a new blog post, categorize [...]

I’m new to blogging! Where do I start?

Here is a brief introduction to blogging on the wordpress.com platform.
And here is a video (2mins 43 seconds) providing an overview of the WordPress dashboard.