In honor of the release of WordPress 2.3, which just happened a few minutes ago, actually, and because we were all too busy to record a regular episode this week, we’re releasing an interview that Douglas recently did with Lorelle VanFossen, the blogger behind Lorelle on WordPress, the author of the book Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging, and (arguably) the star of PreviewCast #040, the one where Douglas interviewed a number of WordCamp attendees. In this interview, Douglas and Lorelle discuss the importance of blogging, how and why Lorelle got started with her Lorelle on WordPress blog, the significance of personal bloggers, how advertising changes blogs, the interesting art of genealogy, and her new book. If you’re a seasoned blogger, a new blogger, or are considering to become a blogger, you’ll want to check out this excellent interview, and you’ll probably learn a couple of new things as well.
Additional links mentioned in the episode:
WordPress.com VIP Hosting
WordPress MU
Edublogs
Blogging and Social Networking as a Teenager (Douglas’ Guest Blog Article)
Taking Your Camera on the Road
Lorelle’s Genealogy Blog
Length: 01:20:28
Hosts: Douglas Bell w/ Guest Lorelle VanFossen
Music: Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Apologies in advance for a couple of weird sounds that occurred occasionally during the show. The mute button on my microphone wasn’t working properly, as I found out later.
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Wonderful! And the weird sounds were probably me! I was parked outside a hotel “stealing” their free WIFI in my tiny motor home, and the trucks bringing in supplies for the hotel kept parking between me and the hotel!
I’m so glad this is out. It was so fun talking to you, Douglas. I’m glad you put a time limit on it because we could have gone on for hours!
Thanks for letting me be part of the show.
No, the weird sounds were me. I was dealing with a small case of allergies through the show, and occasionally tried to mute the mic so that I could, ahem, blow. However, it only muted the sound from you, but not from the software that was doing the recording.
Still, most of the show doesn’t have any issues, so it should be tolerable.