Monday, March 9, 2015
Blog Challenge!
This is a quick post to let you know that a few friends of mine have started a blog challenge. The challenge (led by Dylan Smith) is to blog bi-weekly over the next six months with a winner take all purse. Be sure to check out their blogs as well:
Dylan Smith: http://www.geekswithblogs.net/optikal
Tyler Doerkson: http://blog.tylerdoerksen.com
David Alpert: http://www.spinthemoose.com
Dave White: http://www.agileramblings.com
Aaron Kowall: http://geekswithblogs.net/caffeinatedgeek/Default.aspx
(P.S. No - this post doesnt count in the challenge)
Monday, March 2, 2015
How to Make a Form for Your Blog or Website!
Heres the poll so you can see just how close it was!
Now... onto the tutorial!
Now, I know that I didnt detail how to embed the form on your blog... if thats something youre interested in doing, be sure to vote on the poll for "How to add HTML/embed code to a blog post!" For those of you who are familiar with how to add the code on your blog, you can use the embed code from the drop-down menu in the picture just above this text!
For next weeks poll, Im going to add another request - how to take the background out of a photograph (so that the photo has a white background!
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Blog Readability Test My Blog Genius
- Blog Readability Test
- Reference - Blog readability test (Harold Jarche)
WHAT?
What level of education is required to understand your blog?
Click here, Enter your blogs URL, and within a few seconds you will get the results. I am not sure what formula or criteria they are using (US High School level?), but it is always fun to explore simple online tests like this one. Not much thinking needed, so why not!
MY BLOG?
My blogs reading level: Genius.
It felt great, until I thought about it a bit! Mambo-Jambo! From an instructional design (ID) point-of-view it is simply a disaster, unless most of my readers (target audience) are at that level. Hopefully, they are!
If this test is reliable and valid, I suppose I would need to use less jargons and simpler words in the future to reach the lower levels (or more people!). Why not!
Interestingly, Joseph Harts blog reading level is also Genius. Though, Stephens OLDaily blog reading level is only High School. This could be one reason (Unconscious one!) why I ranked Stephens blog higher in my Top 10 ETL blogs ranking. It might not make sense, but it does bring a bit of joy and heartache to our blogging. In short, a little copy/paste job for a lot of reflective fun!
I am still learning... :)
Blog Hop!
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
How to Claim Your Blog on Bloglovin
