Dear Readers (Blogders!) -

You may have noticed a bit of tinkering and experimentation going on. It's ALL good! I'm trying to "stitch my online presence together" Google/Blogger ---> MyBlogLog/Yahoo! ---> LiveJournal ---> MySpace ---> FaceBook ---> LinkedIn ETC.

FIRST a WARM WELCOME to NEW READERS!

Next: It's THAT time of year, when I solicit other bloggers to contribute "guest posts" to run on my blogspot blog during the holiday season! Contact me!

I'm seeing more in the way of "comments" and that's good. I'm also seeing folks come in and use the Haloscan comments like a Cbox or TagBoard, and that's also good! Better yet, I've added a C-Box and a Google Interactive box to encourage more readers to use my blogspot blog as a forum.

I've gotten rid of box at the top of the sidebar where you could enter your email addy and get nightly updates / summaries of this blog. I've seen this recommended by many other bloggers, so naturally I was curious to see how it will work here. It didn't. I almost installed the MyBlogLog widget that shows previous posts (actually, I DID install it for a few hours) but then I realized that there's already a "previous posts" section in the sidebar!

Scroll down a bit (on blogspot) and you'll notice "Dave Lucas' Shared Items" which comes your way via my Google Reader, so I can direct and recommend articles on other people's blogs without having to log in and post an entry.

I'm trying to figure out if I can add a MyBlogLog widget on my LiveJournal blog! anyone?

You'll also notice (on blogspot) different "counters" and "rankers" which are really more for my benefit than yours, so I can get a feel for what's happening with this blog. I've signed up for but haven't fully initiated some "microblogging" features... there's also a little icon under my photo that says "mobile" which is how you can carry and view my blog wherever you go on your iPhone!

I'm also on MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn... (love those "social networks") I'm putting more effort into the LiveJournal blog, where you're beginning to see stuff you won't see on my blogspot.

In the months to come, I'm hoping to get LOTS more in the way of interaction and participation from readers and other bloggers. Your feedback is ALWAYS welcome!

Feel free to share your feedback with me by leaving me a comment using either "comments" feature below. If you have any questions, I’ll be happy to help answer them for you. Take a moment to subscribe to my RSS Feed and be sure to start following me on Twitter.




Now, here's a few things I noticed going on in the blogosphere:

A Cuban blogger meet-up scheduled for Saturday is in danger of being cancelled by the authorities. Eduardo Avila reports.

Blogger feng37 posts on a new wave of control over media in China:

Homero shares his Mom's recipe for the Nicaraguan dish Mondongo Soup.

This article cross-posted on blogspot & MySpace!