In having my students create their first blogs today using Blogger, one of them managed to create an account in the new “Beta” version of Blogger. It look different and works a bit differently too. (I did notice that “password protected” blogs is one of the new features.) You can use it but not with an existing account. To play with it you’ll need to sign up for a new Google Account.
The down side to all this is that my Blogs & RSS book is slated to come out in October. Knowing my luck, this beta version will become the liver version just about the same time thus making all my screenshots and instructions out of date and inaccurate.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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One Reply to “Blogger Beta”
Hey Michael – I was in your classes on Wednesday of the Nevada Technology Conference. My friend and I presented a program on Blogging last Tuesday at the NLA Conference, and we used Blogger for many of our screenshots and planning.
Our presentation became quite extermporaneous becuase of the beta release, too. The Beta has new features that we love, but still…
It’s not an entire book, but we feel your pain, at least a little of it.
Hey Michael – I was in your classes on Wednesday of the Nevada Technology Conference. My friend and I presented a program on Blogging last Tuesday at the NLA Conference, and we used Blogger for many of our screenshots and planning.
Our presentation became quite extermporaneous becuase of the beta release, too. The Beta has new features that we love, but still…
It’s not an entire book, but we feel your pain, at least a little of it.
And technology marches on…