Past meeting

Illustrating your blog with photos

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Ralph's Grocery & Deli
Seattle, WA 98121
4.25

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Meeting Description

Who: This topic is great for experienced and new bloggers, particularly if you're looking to take your blog design to the next level.
Why: Come prepared to share your experiences and tips about using photos and other graphic images in blogs.

Details

7:00 - 7:15 meet and greet
7:15 - 7:45 guests who use photos on their blogs will offer some tips and techniques; Q&A, discussion
7:45 - Open discussion and chat

According to tech blogger Guy Kawasaki, the presence of a photo (or other compelling graphic) significantly increases the chances of a blog post getting read. We'll talk about other advantages of putting photos on a blog, and ways to actually do it -- via upload, from a smartphone, via flickr links, etc. (and did you know you can create a captioned photoblog using only flickr?). Photography not your thing? We'll talk about the advantages and disadvantages of using $1 images from online stock houses (Guy Kawasaki's solution).

You might want to get psyched for this meeting by looking at photo-rich blogs including:

http://blog.guykawasa...
http://www.littlesome...
http://seattle.metblo...
http://musicandcats.c...
http://dougplummer.bl...
http://www.myballard....
http://www.meninapron...
http://turkeyfeathers...
http://www.flickr.com... (flickr photoblog)
http://www.flickr.com...