Source: http://blaugh.com/2006/08/07/senior-netizens/

Tools for Blogging

By Damianne PresidentJanuary 19, 2011

4 Blog Sites

Tumblr

https://www.tumblr.com/register

Sample Tumblr Site

http://nispresentation.tumblr.com/

Post to Tumblr

• Email (louviaph428@tumblr.com)• iDevice• Android• Desktop• Dashboard

Try IT!

• Post to the site• Change the appearance• Enable/disable comments based on theme• Add a comment

Posterous

Sample Posterous Site

http://nispresentation.posterous.com/

Post to Posterous

• post@posterous.com• iDevice• Android• Dashboard

Try Posterous

• Username: dpresident• Password: NISpr3s3nts

Blogspot

• Easy to sign up if you have a Google account• Example at http://apps2use.blogspot.com/

Wordpress

What to blog about?

Source: http://blaugh.com/2006/09/22/how-to-overcome-writers-block/

Pros/cons  Tumblr Posterous Blogger Wordpress

Ease of Use (4 is easiest)

4 3 2 1

Easy clean interface (4 is easiest)

4 3 2 1

Custom domain name ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Selection of templates available

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Import from older blog   ✓ ✓ ✓

Post by e-mail ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Posts can be private or public

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Easy to backup blog   ✓ ✓ ✓

Use HTML   ✓ ✓ ✓

Autopost to Twitter, Facebooke, etc.

✓ ✓    

Highly customizable       ✓

Questions/Hands-on