Posts Tagged ‘blogging’
Welcome to Ericjodom.com!
After the energy debate last August, a few smaller fights since then, and finally, the Tea Party Movement… I’ve decided (after advice from close friends) to launch Ericjodom.com along with a brand new blog.
The U.S. Secretary of Transportation has a new blog set up called “Welcome to the Fast Lane”. Check it out.
H/T: Josh Shultz
It’s official. My blogging has reached critical mass. OK, not really critical mass, but it’s getting pretty hefty.
You see, I don’t just write posts, I maintain and manage a plethora of blogs, group blogs, and blogging communities. Lately I’ve been spending any and all extra time cleaning up other blogging projects and preparing them for a long term plan. The following is a list of some of the blogs I am intimately involved in.
The Oink Report – The Oink Report is a blog that documents government waste, pork barrel spending, and political corruption via earmarks. I’m joined by Rob Port at SayAnythingBlog.com, and I look forward to seeing this blog reach its full potential.
Telecommies – A Net Regulation blog aimed at exposing the truth about net neutrality.
Left Watch – This is a blog that I am only just starting to chew into. It’s main purpose is to follow the left wing money machine and provide details about where the money comes from and what it is used for.
BlockersRus.com – Blockers “R” Us is a new blog set up to follow the people who work to limit free speech by actively blocking citizen petition efforts.
ConservaBlogs.com – CB is a community of more than 20 bloggers who are hosted on the site and crank out an enormous amount of original content. The site currently enjoys more than 4,000 visits per day and is continuing to grow.
And, of course, I blog here, The Developers Blog, and Blogivists HQ.
Needless to say, it’s a handful keeping up with it all. But I love every minute of it.
Yes… I’m addicted to blogging. 
It’s official… I’ve now been addicted to the blogosphere for five years. My addiction spans far beyond the act of blogging itself. In fact, I’ve actually spent a great deal of time studying and trying to understand what blogging is and where it might take us.
Much to my own surprise, I now see the new media movement much differently than I did back when I first started dabbling with the concept. Back then I took the “sphere” part literally, and I focused a lot of my time on being a part of this “sphere” everyone was chattering about.
I remember the first time I read Hugh Hewitt’s book “blog”, and I remember finishing the last chapter with great enthusiasm. I studied the work of Lorelle VanFossen, Glenn Reynolds, Ed Morrissey, the guys at Powerline and many others. I monitored traffic trends, worked with PPC programs, watched networks work together in pushing big stories, and participated in just about every online forum possible.
I’ve been fortunate in my way of thinking in that I never sought blogging success for myself; Rather, I wanted to do what I could to help others succeed online with what they were already doing offline. I credit this mentality for what I see as a decent understanding of how it all works, and how we can immerse ourselves in it to further the freedom movement.
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Well… here it is! The very first original post here at Blogivists.com.
Sure, I might be posting somewhat prematurely considering the fact that while posting this our site is locked down and in “maintenance mode”. That being said, this blog can be found and seen so I figured why the heck not?
In this post I’ll talk about two things. First, I’ll plug this blog and explain what it’s all about. Second, I’ll talk a bit about what Blogivists.com is.
Eric Odom @ Blogivists.com
As if I don’t do enough blogging already!!!
I’ve decided to launch this blog as a sort of “developers” blog for Blogivists.com. In this blog I’ll write about some of the technical aspects of the community, as well as random updates that have to do with the back end of the system.
We have a LOT of cool things planned for the site, including a ton of theme releases, plugins, discussion forums, wiki’s and more! If you’re an RSS junkie like me, please grab my feed and stay tuned for updates.
If RSS is not your cup of tea, feel free to bookmark me and check back often.
Blogivists.com
I’m sure Mike VanWinkle and the rest of the Sam Adams Alliance crew will soon publish a much more detailed explanation of this site. But until then I’ll offer the short version.
Blogivists.com is an exciting new project being put together by Sam Adams Alliance. The project is being built around a vision to develop a web community where citizens and activists can set up free Wordpress blogs. The blogs are 100% free with no strings attached.
What do you get with a free Blogivists.com blog?
-100% FREE hosting for life
-Personalized domain (www.yourblogname.blogivists.com)
-Free Blogivists.com e-mil address
-Safe and secure blogging environment
-Like minded, limited-government seeking community
-Many themes to choose from (coming soon)
-Plugins that help make your blog more interactive
-Widgets to customize your blog
-Powerful world class Wordpress software
-The ability to embed videos and images
-LOT’S MORE!!!
I’ve built several communities like this in the past, but this one looks to be the most exciting. I’m honored to be a part of the Blogivists team and I look forward to the things to come.
If you ever have basic technical questions or would like to suggest a feature for the site, please comment here on my blog or drop me an e-mail.
Blog Hard,
-Eric Odom
eric@blogivists.com
